Notified cases of occupational asthma in Norway: Exposure and consequences for health and income

Abstract

More emphasis should be put on early recognition of OA and on the reduction or cessation of exposure after the diagnosis of OA.

Specificity of α-amylase and trypsin inhibitor proteins in wheat against insect pests

“…The association between inhibitors and allergies is of greatest concern, as baker's asthma is one of the most common types of occupational asthma and its prevalence does not appear to be declining (Malo & Chan-Yeung 2009). For example, baker's asthma is the most frequent type of occupational asthma in France (Ameille et al 2003), and exposure to grain and flour dust is the second most commonly reported cause of occupational asthma in the UK (McDonald et al 2000) and Norway (Leira et al 2005).…”

Twenty years of SHIELD: decreasing incidence of occupational asthma in the West Midlands, UK?

“…Notifications from other sites have all but disappeared since 2000, and many of the physicians who were early entrants to the scheme have retired or moved elsewhere. Indeed data from Europe suggests that OA is under-reported to both mandatory and voluntary surveillance schemes,20 21 including a fourfold shortfall in notifications observed in a voluntary reporting system in Catalonia, Spain 2…”

Asthma and hairdressers

“…In Norway, data obtained from the registry of the notifications of occupational respiratory diseases to the Labor Inspection Authority during the period 1995-99 showed an incidence of occupational asthma in hairdressers of 0.26/1000 person-years in females and 0.20 in males, but the authors suggest that the notification of occupational asthma by Norwegian physicians may underestimate the true incidence considerably [7 ].…”

“…[8 ] patients were seen in an early phase of their disease [median months 12 (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)] and this finding may explain the observed absence of impairment in respiratory function. These findings strongly suggest the importance of continuous medical surveillance in hairdressers, in order to detect any functional variation at an early stage and carry out appropriate intervention.…”