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Indian rope plant, new cause of occupational asthma and rhinitis

Indian rope plant, new cause of occupational asthma and rhinitis
3  horticultural workers growing Indian rope Plants (Hoya compacta) developed occupational rhinitis, one also had asthma following a nasal challenge, which was positive in all three. This is something different from the Hoya in Japanese literature

References

Abstract Available for Occupational rhinoconjunctivitis caused by the common indoor plant, Hoya compacta Sherson D, Nielsen AD, Mortz CG, Vestergaard L, Brandt LPA, Jørs E, Bælum J, Occupational rhinoconjunctivitis caused by the common indoor plant, Hoya compacta, Occup Med, 2017;67:490-492,https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqx095
Jesper Baelum, , an author of 'Occupational rhinoconjunctivitis caused by the common indoor plant, Hoya compacta'

Abstract Available for Results of 29-year study of hoya (sea-squirt) asthma in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima prefecture. Ohtsuka T, Tsuboi S, Katsutani T, Jyo T, Kuwahara M, Kodomari Y, Tanemori N, Satoh H, Ono K, Oka S, Results of 29-year study of hoya (sea-squirt) asthma in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima prefecture., Arerugi, 1993;42:214-218,

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