Occupational Asthma
Recent developments in the field of occupational asthma research and clinical practice are the topic of this volume. The contribution of occupational exposures to chemical and biological agents to the burden of asthma in adults is clearly described in an
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Progress in Inflammation Research
Series Editor Prof. Michael J. Parnham, PhD Director of Science MediMlijeko d.o.o. 10000 Zagreb Croatia
Advisory Board G. Z. Feuerstein (Wyeth Research, Collegeville, PA, USA) M. Pairet (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG, Biberach a. d. Riss, Germany) W. van Eden (Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Forthcoming titles: Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy (DCMi) – Pathogenesis and Therapy, H.-P. Schultheiß, M. Noutsias (Editors), 2010 Endothelial Dysfunction and Inflammation, A. Karsan, S. Dauphinee (Editors), 2010 Muscle, Fat and Inflammation: Sustaining a Healthy Body Composition, S.A. Stimpson, B. Han, A.N. Billin (Editors), 2011 The Inflammasomes, I. Couillin, V. Petrilli, F. Martinon (Editors), 2011 (Already published titles see last page.)
Occupational Asthma
Torben Sigsgaard Dick Heederik Editors
Birkhäuser
Editors Torben Sigsgaard School of Public Health Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Medicine Aarhus University Bartholin Allé 2 8000 Århus C Denmark
Dick Heederik Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Utrecht University Yalelaan 2 3508 TD Utrecht Netherlands
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009943448
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e-ISBN 978-3-7643-8556-9 www.birkhauser.ch
Contents
List of contributors
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Jean-Luc Malo and Anthony Newman-Taylor The history of research on asthma in the workplace – development, victories and perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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