NIOSH Safety and Health Topic:

Asthma and Allergies

Prevention of Occupational Asthma: Prevention Study Search Results

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Type	Author	Study Year	Molecular Weight	Agent	Category	Outcome/Diagnosis
Secondary	Allard	1989	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma
Primary	Allmers	2002	HMW	Latex	Plants	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Allmers	1998	HMW	Latex	Plants	Natural rubber latex allergy
Secondary	Ameille	1997	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Anees	2006	Both	Flour, latex, wood dust, isocyanates, metal, biocidal agents, colophony, oil mists	Various	FEV1 decline in occupational asthma
Secondary	Banks	1990	LMW	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)	Diisocyanates	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Barker	1998	LMW	Tetrachlorophthalic anhydride (TCPA)	Anhydrides	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Baur	1995	LMW	Pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA), phthalic anhydride, maleic anhydride, trimellitic anhydride (TMA)	Anhydrides	Sensitization and symptoms
Secondary	Bernstein	2003	HMW	Latex	Plants	Natural rubber latex allergy
Primary	Bernstein	1993	LMW	Diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI)	Diisocyanates	Occupational asthma
Primary	Botham	1987	HMW	Laboratory animal allergen	Animal-derived antigens	Allergy to laboratory animals (ALA)
Secondary	Boulet	1994	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Brant	2006	HMW	Detergent enzymes	Biological enzymes	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Brugnami	1995	HMW	Latex	Plants	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Burge	1982	LMW	Colophony	Fluxes	Occupational asthma
Primary	Cathcart	1997	HMW	Detergent enzyme	Biological enzyme	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Chan-Yeung	1982	LMW	Western red cedar	Wood dust or bark	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Chan-Yeung	1987	LMW	Western red cedar	Wood dust or bark	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Conner	2002	LMW	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI), mold-release overspray	Diisocyanates	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Cote	1990	LMW	Western red cedar	Wood dust or bark	Occupational asthma
Primary	Cullinan	2000	HMW	Bacillus subtilis derived detergent enzymes (protease, amylase, cellulase)	Biological enzyme	Occupational asthma
Primary	Douglas	1995	HMW	Salmon	Animals, Crustacea, seafoods, fish	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Douglas	1995	HMW	Salmon	Animals, Crustacea, seafoods, fish	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Dressel H	2007	HMW	Cow dander and storage mite	Animal-derived antigens	Occupational asthma
Primary	Fisher	1998	HMW	Laboratory animal allergen	Animal-derived antigens	Laboratory animal allergy (LAA)
Secondary	Flood	1985	HMW	Detergent enzyme	Biological enzyme	Sensitization and symptoms
Secondary	Fujita	2006	LMW	Ortho-phthalaldehyde	Other Chemicals	Occupational asthma
Primary	Fujita	2007	LMW	Ortho-phthalaldehyde	Other Chemicals	Bronchial asthma and contact dermatitis.
Secondary	Gannon	1993	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Gassert	1998	Both	N/A	Various	Occuaptional asthma
Secondary	Goodno	2002	HMW	Laboratory animal allergen	Animal-derived antigens	Laboratory animal allergy
Primary	Goodno	2002	HMW	Laboratory animal allergen	Animal-derived antigens	LAA
Secondary	Gorski	1999	HMW	Baking allergens	Baking allergens	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Grammer	1995	LMW	hexahydrophthalic anhydride (HHPA)	Anhydrides	Occupational asthma, allergic rhinitis, occupational asthma-rhinitis, hemorrhagic rhinitis
Secondary	Grammer	1996	LMW	hexahydrophthalic anhydride (HHPA)	Anhydrides	Occupational asthma, allergic rhinitis, occupational asthma-rhinitis, hemorrhagic rhinitis
Secondary	Grammer	1993	LMW	Trimelletic anhydride (TMA)	Anhydrides	Late asthma, asthma-rhinitis
Primary	Grammer	2002	LMW	Hexahydro-phthalic anhydride (HHPA)	Anhydrides	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Hinze	1997	HMW	Cow hair allergen	Animal-derived antigens	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Hudson	1985	HMW	Crab, various agents	Animals, Crustacea, seafoods, fish	Occupational asthma
Primary	Jarvis	2005	LMW	Various LMW Chemicals	Other Chemicals	Predict agents that can cause occupational asthma
Primary	Juniper	1977	HMW	Bacillus subtilis derived detergent enzyme	Biological enzyme	Enzyme sensitization, respiratory health effects
Secondary	Klusackova	2006	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Kongerud	1991	LMW	Aluminum	Metals	Work-related asthmatic symptoms (dyspnea, wheezing)
Secondary	Labrecque	2006	LMW	Isocyanates	Diisocyanates	Isocyanate-induced occupational asthma.
Secondary	Lemiere	2000	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma with normal nonspecific bronchial reactivity
Secondary	Lemiere	2006	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma and work aggravated asthma
Secondary	Lemiere	1996	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Lin	1996	LMW	Western red cedar	Wood dust or bark	Occupational asthma
Primary	Liss	1984	HMW	Bacillus subtilis derived detergent enzyme	Biological enzyme	Enzyme sensitization
Primary	Liss	2001	HMW	Latex	Plants	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Lozewicz	1987	LMW	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI), diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), hexamethlyene diisocyanate (HDI), naphthylene diisocyanate (NDI)	Diisocyanates	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Maghni K	2004	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational Asthma
Secondary	Malo	1996	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Malo	1993	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Malo	1988	HMW	Crab	Animals, Crustacea, seafoods, fish	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Marabini	1993	LMW	Red Cedar	Wood dust or bark	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Menzies D	2006	LMW	Second hand smoke	Smoke	Respiratory symptoms, pulmonary function, and markers of inflammation
Secondary	Merget	1994	LMW	Platinum	Metals	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Merget	1999	LMW	Platinum	Metals	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Merget	2001	LMW	Platinum	Metals	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Millikan AM	2008	Both	N/A	Various	Outpatient visits, hospitalization, and retention in Navy for people with mild asthma.
Secondary	Moller	1986	LMW	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)	Diisocyanates	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Moscato	1999	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Moscato	1993	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Muller-Wening	1998	HMW	Grain dust	Plants	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Munoz	2003	LMW	Persulfate salts	Other Chemicals	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Muñoz X	2008	LMW	Persulfate salts	Other Chemicals	Bronchial hyperresponsiveness and immune response in workers with Occupational Asthma (OA)
Secondary	Nielsen	1992	LMW	Methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride (MTHPA)	Anhydrides	Sensitization and symptoms
Secondary	O'Donnell	1989	LMW	Aluminum	Metals	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Obase	2000	HMW	Wheat, buckwheat	Plants	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Olaguibel	1989	LMW	Chromium	Metals	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Padoan	2003	LMW	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)	Diisocyanates	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Paggiaro	1993	LMW	Toluene diisocyanate(TDI)	Diisocyanates	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Paggiaro	1984	LMW	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)	Diisocyanates	Asthmatic and non-asthmatic respiratory disease
Secondary	Pal TM	1999	Both	Allergens from contaminated humidification systems or small particles of oil mist	Various	Humidifier disease and work related asthma
Secondary	Park	2007	LMW	Reactive dye	Other Chemicals	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Park	1997	LMW	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)	Diisocyanates	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Perfetti	1998	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Perfetti	1998	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma
Primary	Peters	2001	HMW	Detergent enzyme (high PH protease, low PH protease, amylase, lipase)	Biological enzyme	Enzyme sensitization
Primary	Peters	1997	HMW	Detergent enzyme	Biological enzyme	Enzyme sensitization, respiratory symptoms, respiratory incidents
Primary	Petsonk	2000	LMW	Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI)	Diisocyanates	New-onset asthma like symptoms
Secondary	Pisati	1994	LMW	Cobalt	Metals	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Pisati	1993	LMW	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)	Diisocyanates	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Pisati G	2007	LMW	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)	Diisocyanates	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Rachiotis	2007	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma
Both	Renstrom	2006	HMW	Wheat	Plants	Reduction of inhalation of wheat allergen
Secondary	Roto	1980	LMW	Cobalt	Metals	Occupational asthma
Primary	Saary	2002	HMW	Latex	Plants	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Saetta	1995	LMW	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)	Diisocyanates	Occuaptional asthma
Secondary	Saetta	1992	LMW	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)	Diisocyanates	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Saric	1991	LMW	Aluminum	Metals	Asthma-like syndrome
Primary	Saric	1993	LMW	Aluminum	Metals	Occupational asthma
Primary	Schweigert	2000	HMW	Detergent enzyme	Biological enzyme	Occupational asthma
Primary	Seaton	1994	HMW	Aspergillus niger	Mold	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Simonsson	1985	LMW	Aluminum	Metals	Asthmatic symptoms (nocturnal wheezing, breathlessness, reversible airways obstruction)
Secondary	Siriruttanapruk	1997	Both	N/A	Various	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Sjostedt	1998	HMW	Laboratory animal allergen	Animal-derived antigens	Occupational asthma, rhinitis
Secondary	Slovak	1985	HMW	Laboratory animal allergen	Animal-derived antigens	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Smith	1999	HMW	Grain dust, Fungal amylase	Baking allergens, Plants	Occupational asthma
Primary	Smith	2004	HMW	Baking allergens,fungal amylase	Baking allergens	Sensitization and symptoms
Secondary	Sorgdrager	2001	LMW	Aluminum	Metals	Occupational asthma
Primary	Sorgdrager	1998	LMW	Aluminum	Metals	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Soyseth	1992	LMW	Aluminum	Metals	Work-related asthma
Secondary	Soyseth	1995	LMW	Aluminum	Metals	Work-related asthmatic symptoms
Secondary	Sumi Y	2007	Both	N/A	Various	Long-term pathological outcomes
Secondary	Taivainen	1998	HMW	Cow dander, grains	Animal-derived antigens, Plants	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Tarlo	2002	LMW	Diisocyanates	Diisocyanates	Occuaptional asthma
Secondary	Tarlo	1997	LMW	Isocyanates	Diisocyanates	Occupational asthma
Primary	Thulin	2002	HMW	Laboratory animal allergen	Animal-derived antigens	Laboratory animal allergy
Secondary	Vandenplas	1995	HMW	Latex	Plants	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Vandenplas	2002	HMW	Latex	Plants	Occupational asthma
Primary	Vanhanen	2000	HMW	Bacillus subtilis derived detergent enzymes (lipase, a-amylase, cellulase)	Biological enzyme	Enzyme sensitization
Secondary	Venables	1985	LMW	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)	Diisocyanates	Occupational asthma
Secondary	Venables	1987	LMW	Tetrachlorophthalic anhydride (TCPA)	Anhydrides	Occupational asthma
Primary	Yildirim	2005	LMW	Sulfur dioxide	Other Chemicals	Asthma-like syndrome
Secondary	Zeiss	1983	LMW	Trimelletic anhydride (TMA)	Anhydrides	Asthma-rhinitis, late respiratory systemic syndrome
Secondary	Zober	2002	HMW	Phytase	Biological enzyme	Sensitization and symptoms

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Page last modified: February 27, 2007
Page last reviewed: June 4, 2008
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)