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Types of Work Related AsthmaThere are 3 types of work-related asthma:
For greater detail on the diagnosis and identification of the three types of work-related asthma, read the following scientific articles:
Substances at work that can cause asthma There are more than 400 substances that have been reported in the medical literature that have been shown to cause work-related asthma. The list continues to grow. The main categories of substances that can cause asthma in the workplace include:
Job or Type of Industry Type of Asthma-Causing AgentAnimal or Insect Proteins Laboratory
animal workers Food processing shellfish, egg proteins Poultry farmers poultry mites, droppings, feathers Grain workers storage mites, aspergillus, grass pollen Plant Proteins Bakers flour dust Food processing coffee bean dust, tea, meat tenderizer Farmers soybean dust Sawmill workers/carpenters wood dust (western red cedar, oak, mahogany, redwood, and others) Electric soldering colophony (pine resin) Nurses psyllium, latex Chemicals Plating nickel salts Beauty shop persulfate Welding stainless steel fumes, chromium salts Hospital workers disinfectants (formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde) Plastics manufacturing TDI, HDI, Methylene diisocyanate, phthalic anhydride Automobile painting dimethyl ethanolamine diisocyanates (Source: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. June 1992, Pub. No. 92-3091) The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has developed Alerts on several asthma causing agents. These Alerts provide important information on working with some of the more widely-used and dangerous asthma-causing agents. Click on the reports below to read the Alerts on:
Preventing
Asthma in Animal Handlers Examples of Agents Capable of Causing Work-Related Asthma
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