5636
Mohamed Soliman El Hamshary
Fungal exposure as an etiological determinant of occupational asthma among flour mills workers
Bronchial reversibility and variability , Flour dusts, Bronchodilator test, occupational asthma, Galactomanan, β-D-glucan
Introduction:Occupational asthma is a global problem with hyper responsive airway to different stimuli either direct or indirect, and with chronic airway inflammation.There is a lack of data concerning occupational asthma in Egypt especially those depending on both symptoms and relevant spirometric tests. Objective:The present study aimed at investigating the frequency of occupational asthma (OA) among workers at flour mills of south Cairo as well as assessing the role of fungus exposure in occupational asthma workers
2020
M.D
Ain Shams
Medicine