asthmagen
{{Short description|Substance that is causally-related to the development of asthma}}
An asthmagen is a substance that can cause asthma in exposed people.{{Cite journal|last1=Currie|first1=G. P.|last2=Ayres|first2=J. G.|date=2005|title=Occupational asthmagens|journal=Primary Care Respiratory Journal: Journal of the General Practice Airways Group|volume=14|issue=2|pages=73–74|doi=10.1016/j.pcrj.2004.11.001|issn=1471-4418|pmc=6743554|pmid=16701701}} Workplace asthmagens induce what is called occupational asthma.{{Cite web|title=Occupational Asthma|url=https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/asthma/occupational-asthma|access-date=2021-06-02|website=www.hopkinsmedicine.org|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Occupational asthma - Symptoms and causes|url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/occupational-asthma/symptoms-causes/syc-20375772|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Mayo Clinic|language=en}} A 2016 study of occupational asthmagens in Australia identified 277 in 27 groups, including ammonia, latex, pesticides and wood dust.{{Cite journal|last1=Crewe|first1=J.|last2=Carey|first2=R.|last3=Glass|first3=D.|last4=Peters|first4=S.|last5=Abramson|first5=M. J.|last6=Benke|first6=G.|last7=Reid|first7=A.|last8=Driscoll|first8=T.|last9=Fritschi|first9=L.|date=2016|title=A comprehensive list of asthmagens to inform health interventions in the Australian workplace|journal=Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health|volume=40|issue=2|pages=172|doi=10.1111/1753-6405.12479|pmid=26558880 |hdl=1874/348947 |s2cid=206943403 |issn=1753-6405|doi-access=free|hdl-access=free}}
Common asthmagens
Some of the more common asthmagens include: solder fumes, welding fumes, hard metal dust/fumes (e.g. cobalt), metal-working fluids, oil mists, wood dusts (both hard and soft), isocyanates (e.g., footwear and textiles, printing, cellular plastics, rubber and spraying isocyanate paint in MVR), formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, anhydrides (epoxy resins, printing inks, plastic/rubber), azodicarbonamide (plastics and rubber), latex, glues, dyes, laboratory animals, molds, cleaning materials, flour and grain dusts and other agriculture dusts.{{Cite web | url=https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/workplace/lung_disease_registry/toolkit/asthmagens.htm | title=Occupational Asthmagens - New York State Department of Health}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00016.htm | title=Occupational Asthmagens - HSE}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.hse.gov.uk/asthma/substances.htm | title=List of substances that can cause occupational asthma}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.aoecdata.org/ExpCodeLookup.aspx AOEC list of asthmagens]
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