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GuidelineClinical medicine (London, England)2012

Concise guidance: diagnosis, management and prevention of occupational asthma.

Paul J Nicholson, Paul Cullinan, Sherwood Burge, British Occupational Health Research Foundation

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Guideline in Clinical medicine (London, England), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Workplace interventions for treatment of occupational asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
    Review
  5. Is spirometry essential in diagnosing asthma? No.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2016
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 5 countries.

Paul J NicholsonProcter & Gamble. nicholson.pj@pg.com
Paul Cullinan
Sherwood Burge
British Occupational Health Research Foundation
Heartlands Hospital · GBImperial Valley College · USProcter & Gamble (Germany) · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This concise guidance, prepared for physicians, summarises the British Occupational Health Research Foundation guideline for the prevention, identification and management of occupational asthma. Approximately one in six people of working age who develop asthma have work-related asthma, where work has either caused or aggravated their disease. Physicians who assess working adults with asthma need to ask the patient about their job and the materials they work with, and be aware of those that carry particular risks; they should also ask whether symptoms improve regularly on days away from work. A diagnosis of occupational asthma (ie asthma caused by work) should not be made on the basis of history alone, but be supported by immunological and physiological investigations of proven diagnostic benefit. Following a validated diagnosis of occupational asthma, physicians should recommend early avoidance of further exposure, because this offers the best chance of complete recovery. If appropriate and timely interventions are not taken, the prognosis of occupational asthma is poor, with only approximately one-third of workers achieving full symptomatic recovery.

Indexed as

AsthmaOccupational DiseasesAdultAir Pollutants, OccupationalDisease ManagementEvidence-Based MedicineHumansOccupational ExposurePreventive Health ServicesPrognosisRisk FactorsAir Pollutants, Occupational

Identifiers

PMID22586793
PMCPMC4954103
OpenAlexW2104414067

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