UK Journal: Nurses at High Risk for Occupational Asthma

Printers and nurses have the highest risk for occupational asthma, twice as high as other people with exposure to substances known to cause the disease, according to a British study released this week. The article published in the Lancet found that printers have the highest excess risk (137%) of developing occupational asthma; nurses and woodworking have the second-highest risk (122%). After exposure to substances known to cause occupational asthma, on average, participants had a 60% excess risk to developing the condition. The study looked at 6,837 people in 13 countries who had not...