Allergies at work

Evidence-based guidelines on occupational asthma and dermatitis

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Occupational Health [at Work] reports the launch and chief findings of two important evidence reviews and practice guidelines – on occupational contact dermatitis and urticaria, and on occupational asthma.

THE British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF) has issued two important evidence reviews and practice guidelines covering occupational contact dermatitis and urticaria[1], and occupational asthma[2]. Both publications were launched at a seminar on occupational allergic diseases at the Royal College of Physicians*, which also included the latest findings of the ongoing PEGASUS project to develop guidelines in the pre-employment assessment…

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Occupational Health at Work June/July 2010 (vol. 07/1) pp17-21

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