The BTS report "The Burden of Lung Disease" highlights the increasing mortality rates due to occupational lung disease since the early 1990s. Mesothelioma acounts for a large proportion of these cases and further information on this condition can be found here.
The BTS /SIGN Asthma guideline includes information on occupational asthma and this guideline is available here.
Useful Links
Standards of Care for Occupational Asthma, published in Thorax March 2008 is available here and the editorial from the March issue of Thorax is available here.
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