A investigation published in the A...

A investigation published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine lay the foundation of that nursing was the in the greatest degree commonly reported occupation associated with occupational asthma. The studious mood examined the prevalence, population attributable risk, and clinical characteristics of occupational asthma in a population randomly single outed from six communities in Canada. In the subject of attention 18,701 individuals, ranging in age from 20 to 44 years, complet an initial questionnaire, and 2974 of these individuals attended a laboratory and complet supplemental questionnaires. Researchers defined asthma as physician-diagnosed asthma and defined adult-onset asthma as a first attack at age 15 or older Estimations of occupational asthma were based on

* reporting of a high-risk work at jobs for occupational asthma at the time of asthma attack which was considered probable occupational asthma;

* reporting of exposing to a substance that may cause occupational asthma while not in a high-risk do job-work at the time of first brunt which was considered possible occupational asthma; and

* reporting a combination of the population attributable risk for high-risk piece of works and exposures.

The investigation found the occupations most commonly reported in association with occupational asthma were nursing in the probable occupational asthma assign places to and clerical and food preparation in the possible occupational asthma group

A R Johnson et al, "Occupational asthma in adults in six Canadian communities," American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 162 no 6 (2000) 2058-2062

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