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Santiago Quirce1, Jonathan A Bernstein
1Department Allergy, Hospital La Paz Health Research Institute (IdiPAZ), Madrid, Spain. Jonathan.Bernstein@uc.edu
Abstract:
International reviews suggest that the median proportion of adult cases of asthma attributable to occupational exposure is between 10% and 15%. Therefore, it is essential that clinicians have a broad knowledge of the various causes associated with occupational asthma. Occupational asthmagens are categorized as low-molecular-weight (LMW, ≤1000 kd) and high-molecular-weight (HMW, ≥1000 kd) antigens. The purpose of this article is to review the most common representative LMW and HMW causes of occupational asthma over the past 70 years, with specific emphasis on newer causes reported over the past 5 years.
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