Impact of occupational exposures on exacerbation of asthma: a population-based asthma cohort study

Asthma is a prevalent chronic disease and occupation contributes to approximately 15 % of cases among adults. However, there are still few studies on risk factors for work-exacerbated asthma. The current study investigated the association between asthma exacerbations and occupational exposures. The study comprised all currently working adults (n = 1356) who reported ever asthma in prior population-based cohorts. All subjects completed a...