Occupational asthma

Authors

  • Willy Sarti Departamento de Clínica Médica do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto – Campus Universitário

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v30i3p383-391

Keywords:

Asthma. Environmental Exposure. Occupational Diseases.

Abstract

In this review of the asthma caused by stimuli derived from the work environment- occupational asthma - we discuss its concept, classification, triggering agents, pathophysiology, diagnostic criteria and differential diagnosis, therapeutical principles and prognosis. It is also presented a clinical case related to environmental exposition in the shoe industry.

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Author Biography

  • Willy Sarti, Departamento de Clínica Médica do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto – Campus Universitário

    Coordenador da Divisão de Imunologia Clínica do Departamento de Clínica Médica da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo.

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Published

1997-09-30

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 3 (1997)

Section

Artigo Especial: Imunologia Clínica

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How to Cite

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Sarti W. Occupational asthma. Medicina (Ribeirão Preto) [Internet]. 1997 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Jun. 27];30(3):383-91. Available from: https://revistas.usp.br/rmrp/article/view/6638