Reference

Ross DJ, Mcdonald JC, Health and employment after a diagnosis of occupational asthma: a descriptive study, Occup Med (London), 1998;48:219-225,

BOHRF Original Authors' Main Conclusions

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Chest physicians were better able than occupational physicians to follow progress of patients who had left their jobs. Longer exposure both before and after diagnosis was associated with poorer prognosis - patients exposed for year or more after diagnosis recovered from asthma less frequently but were more often employed than those exposed for less than a year. Subjects whose exposure continued only for a few months most often found new employment.

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