Observational studyInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2017
Medical surveillance and long-term prognosis of occupational allergy due to platinum salts.
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- From Metal-Related Public Health Risks to Bioremediation: The Potential of the PolyextremophilicInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Update on occupational contact urticaria: a systematic narrative review.Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Occupational Contact Urticaria, Protein Contact Dermatitis and Concomitant Airway Diseases in the Finnish Register of Occupational Diseases in 2005-2020: Main Causes and Occupations at Risk.Contact dermatitis · 2026Article
- A Novel Questionnaire and Algorithm for Work-Related Asthma Screening and Surveillance: An EAACI Task Force Report.Allergy · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Toxicological Implications Ascribed to Morphology and Size-Based Platinum Nanoparticles and Its Modulation by Naringin in Wistar Rats.Biological trace element research · 2025Article
- Rare Earth and Platinum Group Elements In Sub-Saharan Africa and Global Health: The Dark Side of the Burgeoning of Technology.Environmental health insights · 2024Review
- Skin and respiratory exposure to platinum group metals at two South African precious metals refineries.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021Article
- Serial measurements of fractional exhaled nitric oxide at home and at work: A useful tool for monitoring workers with platinum salt allergy after exposure reduction.Health science reports · 2021Article
- Occupational Exposure to Metals and Solvents: Allergy and Airway Diseases.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2020Review
- Current and new challenges in occupational lung diseases.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2017Review
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Abstract
purposeMedical surveillance of workers in precious metals refineries and catalyst production plants is well established in many countries as a measure to prevent occupational asthma due to platinum (Pt) salts. It was the aim of this study to evaluate the impact of medical surveillance and to define prognostic factors with an emphasis on exposure determinants.
methodsAs part of an observational longitudinal study, 96 workers from German precious metals refineries and catalyst production plants with Pt salt allergy underwent a second examination several years (median 67 months) after the initial diagnosis was made.
resultsWhen the second examination was conducted, 92 subjects (96 %) had already been transferred to jobs with very low or no exposure to Pt salts. The number of subjects with sensitization to Pt salt as assessed by skin prick test (SPT
conclusionsSecondary prevention in subjects with occupational exposure to Pt salts, as practiced for over 25 years in Germany could not avoid persistent asthma in the majority of cases, although improvements occurred. This study reveals the limitations of the concept that removal from exposure after the occurrence of respiratory symptoms may prevent chronic asthma. It is recommended that removal from exposure should be done immediately after the occurrence of a positive SPT
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