Work-related asthma in the USA: nationally representative estimates with extended follow-up.

James N LaditkaSarah B Laditka Ahmed A ArifJessica N Hoyle

Published in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2020)

Adults were more than twice as likely to report a new asthma diagnosis if their occupation involved asthma triggers. Work exposures to asthma triggers may cause or aggravate about 11% of all adult asthma and increase the risk of work-life asthma by 60%.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
allergic rhinitis
air pollution
young adults