Reference

BOHRF Original Authors' Main Conclusions

The original authors' main conclusions are taken from Abstract, Results and Discussion. They are decided upon by the authors of the BOHRF occupational asthma guidelines and form part of the guidelines.

For determination of the prevalence of occupational asthma among car and furniture painters exposed to isocyanate in the centre of Eskisehir, Turkey, a clinical and epidemiologic prospective study in three phases was done. In the first phase of the study, a modified questionnaire and pulmonary function test (PFT) were done. During the second phase, peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) was monitored. In the third phase, non specific bronchial provocation tests (NSBPT) with histamine were done. Finally, through questionnaire, typical history, PFT, PEFR monitoring, and NSBPT, 30 workers (9.6%) were diagnosed as having occupational asthma. Smoking habits and atopy in the occupational asthma-diagnosed workers were found to be statistically significantly high in comparison to the other workers. It was concluded that occupational asthma is a common disorder among automobile and furniture painters, and smoking habits and atopy were seen to have a significant effect on occupational asthma occurrence.

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