Occupational exposures and incidence of asthma over two decades in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey
This strengthens the evidence that occupational exposures to sensitisers and chemical irritants contribute substantial risk and a substantive attributable fraction of adult-onset asthma. Control of implicated hazardous exposures and periodic screening of exposed workers should be considered.
Authors
- Nicole Le Moual (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2723-5569)
- Cecilie Svanes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8512-5192)
- Torgeir Storaas
- Theodore Lytras (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4146-4122)
- Silvia Pascual Erquicia
- Anna Dahlman‐Höglund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1416-6020)
- Dennis Nowak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7871-8686)
- Jessica Gerlich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0737-9506)
- Manolis Kogevinas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9605-0461)
- Simona Villani
- Dan Norbäck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5174-6668)
- Deborah Jarvis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1753-3896)
- Mario Olivieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6105-0376)
- Anne‐Elie Carsin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3981-977X)
- Nicola Murgia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8180-1018)
- Hayat Bentouhami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0433-8095)
- Michael John Abramson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9954-0538)
- Per Bakke
- Kjell Torén (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8509-7603)
- Jan‐Paul Zock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2941-6259)
- Sofie Acke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9986-4866)
- Vivi Schlünssen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4915-1734)
- Trude Duelien Skorge
- Johan Hellgren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0923-954X)
- Mathias Holm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9327-5139)
- Sandra Dorado Arenas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0798-2153)
- Giuseppe Verlato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5262-8818)
- Paul D. Blanc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9043-175X)
- Bénédicte Leynaert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5045-2492)
- Hans Kromhout (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4233-1890)
- Shyamali C. Dharmage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6063-1937)
- Angelo d’Errico (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3171-413X)
- Sheikh Mohammad Alif (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0783-8848)
- David Miedinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4846-7828)
- Gunilla Wieslander
- Katja Radon
- Geza Benke
- Isabel Urrutia
- Jesús Martínez-Moratalla
Institutions
- Roche (Switzerland) (CH)
- University of Verona (IT)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Federation University (AU)
- Inserm (FR)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- European University Cyprus (CY)
- University of Ferrara (IT)
- University of Pavia (IT)
- Haukeland University Hospital (NO)
- ASL Roma (IT)
- Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (ES)
- Danish Ramazzini Center (DK)
- Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations (FR)
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
- Hospital de Galdakao (ES)
- Torino e-district (IT)
- German Center for Lung Research (DE)
- Hospital General Universitario de Albacete (ES)
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ES)
- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete (ES)
- Melbourne Health (AU)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Monash University (AU)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Thorax
- Published
- 2025-04-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2024-222307
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Occupational exposure and asthma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76
Funders
- ResMed Foundation
- Wellcome Trust
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust/Institute of Cancer Research
- European Commission
- Asthma Foundation of Victoria
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Eesti Teadusfondi
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Háskóli Íslands
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Regionalt Kompetansesenter for Rusmiddelforskning i Helse Vest