Health Surveillance
|
**
|
3
|
Spirometry detects few cases of occupational asthma that would not otherwise be detected by respiratory questionnaire.
|
This statement is in the "Health Surveillance"
section of evidence linked statements
Evidence
Bernstein DI, Korbee L, Stauder T, Bernstein JA, Scinto J, Herd ZL, Bernstein IL
,
The low prevalence of occupational asthma and antibody-dependent sensitisation to diphenylmethane di-isocyanate in a plant engineered for minimal exposure to di-isocyanates
,
J Allergy Clin Immunol
,
1993
;
92
:
387-396
Kraw M, Tarlo SM
,
Isocyanate Medical Surveillance: Respiratory Referrals From A Foam Manufacturing Plant Over A Five Year Period
,
Am J Ind Med
,
1999
;
35
:
87-91