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Cassava milling a potent cause of occupational asthma

 Cassava milling a potent cause of occupational asthma
A cross sectional study of a factory milling Cassava showed questionnaire diagnosed occupational asthma in 11.6% of exposed workers, confirmed with serial PEF measurements in 3.1%. Cassava needs adding to the list of potent occupational allergens

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Abstract Available for Proportion of workers having work-related asthma symptoms in a cassava factory, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand Nirarach K, Chaiear N, Kawamatawong T, Krisorn P, Burge PS, Proportion of workers having work-related asthma symptoms in a cassava factory, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Tech, 2020;25:APST-25-02-08,
Sherwood Burge, Oasys, an author of 'Proportion of workers having work-related asthma symptoms in a cassava factory, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand' Naesinee Chaiear, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, an author of 'Proportion of workers having work-related asthma symptoms in a cassava factory, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand'

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