Is occupational rhinitis a risk factor for developing occupational asthma?

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Rhino-conjunctivitis is more likely to appear before the onset of IgE associated occupational asthma.

Evidence

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Cullinan P, Cook A, Gordon S, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Tee RD, Venables KM, McDonald JC, Newman Taylor AJ , Allergen exposure, atopy and smoking as determinants of allergy to rats in a cohort of laboratory employees , Eur Respir J , 1999 ; 13 : 1139-1143

Gautrin D, Ghezzo H, InfanteRivard C et al , Natural history of sensitisation, symptoms and occupational diseases in apprentices exposed to laboratory animals , Eur Respir J , 2001 ; 17 : 904-908

Gautrin D, InfanteRivard C, Ghezzo H et al , Incidence and host determinants of probable occupational asthma in apprentices exposed to laboratory animals , Am J Respir Crit Care Med , 2001 ; 163 : 899-904

Grammer LC, Ditto AM, Tripathi A et al , Prevalence and onset of rhinitis and conjunctivitis in subjects with occupational asthma caused by trimellitic anhydride (TMA) , J Occup Environ Med , 2002 ; 44 : 1179-1181

Karjalainen A, Martikainen R, Klaukka T et al , Risk of asthma among Finnish patients with occupational rhinitis , Chest , 2003 ; 123 : 283-288

Malo JL, Lemiere C, Desjardins A et al , Prevalence and intensity of rhinoconjunctivitis in subjects with occupational asthma , Eur Respir J , 1997 ; 10 : 1513-1515