Paediatric interest in work (at last?)

A postal questionnaire in Gothenburg and surroundings included data on adolescents aged 16-20. It showed an increase in asthmatic symptoms but not of asthma diagnoses related to occupational exposures.

The question "have you been exposed on a large scale to dust, gasses or fumes at work" incresased the risk of wheeze in the last 12 months; OR 1.7 (1.1-2.6); Recurrent wheeze OR 2.1 (1.1-4.1) but not physician diagnosed asthma OR 1.0 (0.5-1.8). Living on a farm for the first 5 years of life decreased physician diagnosed asthma; OR 0.3 (0.1-1.1).

References

	Wennergren G, Ekerljung L, Alm B, Eriksson J, Lötvall J, Lundbck B, Asthma in late adolescence – farm childhood is protective and the prevalence increase has levelled off, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 2010;21:806-813,

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