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Removal from exposure still better than exposure reduction

 Removal from exposure still better than exposure reduction
The new evidence-based review of occupational asthma from the European Respiratory Society has reported their meta-analysis on prognosis of occupational asthma comparing those removed completely from exposure and those whose exposure was reduced. The best health outcomes came with complete removal from exposure.

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Abstract Available for Management of occupational asthma: cessation or reduction of exposure? A systematic review of available evidence Vandenplas O, Dressel H, Wilken D, Jamart J, Heederik D, Maestrelli P, Sigsgaard T, Henneberger P, Baur X, Management of occupational asthma: cessation or reduction of exposure? A systematic review of available evidence, Eur Respir J, 2011;38:804-811,
Paul Henneberger, NIOSH, Morgantown, USA, an author of 'Management of occupational asthma: cessation or reduction of exposure? A systematic review of available evidence' Olivier Vandenplas, Universite Mont-Goginne, Yvoir, an author of 'Management of occupational asthma: cessation or reduction of exposure? A systematic review of available evidence' Dick Heederik, Institute of Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, an author of 'Management of occupational asthma: cessation or reduction of exposure? A systematic review of available evidence' Torben Sigsgaard, University of Aarhus, an author of 'Management of occupational asthma: cessation or reduction of exposure? A systematic review of available evidence' Xaver Baur, Institute of occupational medicine, Hamburg, an author of 'Management of occupational asthma: cessation or reduction of exposure? A systematic review of available evidence' Piero Maestrelli, Padova University, Italy, an author of 'Management of occupational asthma: cessation or reduction of exposure? A systematic review of available evidence' Holger Dressel, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Munich, an author of 'Management of occupational asthma: cessation or reduction of exposure? A systematic review of available evidence'

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