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Occupational asthma due to a widely used soft solder flux not containing colophony
R P Convery1, R J Ward, D J Hendrick
1Dept of Respiratory Medicine and Regional Unit for Occupational Lung Disease, Newcastle General Hospital, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
The European Respiratory Journal
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
A 19 year old woman presented with symptoms suggestive of occupational asthma. The causative agent was thought to be a soft solder flux, which did not contain colophony. The diagnosis was established by specific inhalation challenge tests, which demonstrated both late asthmatic reactions and short-lived increases in airway responsiveness.