Reference

Coutts IL, Lozewicz S, Dally MB, et al, Respiratory symptoms related to work in a factory manufacturing cimetidine tablets, Br Med J, 1984;288:1418,

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We issued a questionnaire and performed skin prick tests and spirometry on 3 groups of employees defined according to exposure. 13 (62%) of the 21 patients exposed daily, 4 (21%) of the 19 exposed more than once a week, and 3 (20%) of the 15 exposed less than once a week had work-related respiratory symptoms. Of 8 subjects with symptoms of the lower respiratory tract, 7 were in the group exposed most often. x2 testing for linear trend showed a strong relation between the proportion affected in each group and the frequency of exposure to dust (p < 0.001).

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*** 2++ The risk of sensitisation and occupational asthma is increased by higher exposures to many workplace agents.

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