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Occupational exposure to disinfectants and asthma incidence in U.S. nurses: A prospective cohort study.

Orianne DumasKrislyn M BoggsCatherine QuinotRaphaëlle VarrasoJan-Paul ZockPaul K HennebergerFrank E SpeizerNicole Le MoualCarlos A Camargo
Published in: American journal of industrial medicine (2019)
In a population of late career nurses, we observed no significant association between exposure to disinfectants and asthma incidence. A potential role of disinfectant exposures in asthma development warrants further study among healthcare workers at earlier career stage to limit the healthy worker effect.
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