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A workforce-based study of occupational exposures and asthma symptoms in cleaning workers

David Vizcaya, Maria C. Mirabelli, Josep-Maria Antó, Ramón Orriols, Felip Burgos, Lourdes Arjona, Jan‐Paul Zock

Occupational and Environmental Medicine · 2011 · 109 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

Cleaning work in places with high demand for disinfection, high cleaning standards and use of cleaning products containing respiratory irritants is associated with higher risk of asthma symptoms. This suggests irritants have an important role in cleaning-related asthma.

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