Ref | Subject n Case n | Country | Asthma definition | Occupational exposure | PAR |
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30 | 2,974 166 | Canada | Adult-onset physician-diagnosed | A priori high risk occupations or a report of exposure before onset of asthma | 18.2% |
31 | 14,151 976 (ever asthma) 13,445 270 (asthma, current job) | France | A. Ever asthma attack or dyspnea with wheezing; B. Adult-onset during or after current job | I. Self-reported exposure to gases, dusts and fumes II. Job-exposure matrix (excluding jobs with imprecise estimates, n = 10,560) | A., I. 9% A., II 1%* B., I. 14% B., II. 7% Mean 7.8%† |
32, 33 | 5,022 185 | US | Physician-diagnosed, ever | I. Occupations a priori classified at-risk II. Industries a priori classified at-risk | I. 26.0% II. 36.5% Mean 31.3%† |
34 | 1,482 77 | U.S. | Physician diagnosed, adult-onset | I. Self-reported exposure, vapors, gas, dust or fume II. Job-exposure matrix III. Both I and II | I. 17% II. 5%‡ III. 14%‡ Mean 12%† |
35 | I.16,646 1,471 II. 11,337 641 | U.S. (three states) U.S. (two states) | Both use self-reported, health professional- diagnosed adult-onset asthma | Told by a health care provider that asthma was work-related | I.6.0%† II.8.1%† Mean 7.0%† |
36 | 1,922 227 | Brazil | Bronchial hyperresponsiveness and adult-onset asthma symptoms | Self-reported exposure, vapors, gas, fumes or humidity | 22.9%† |
37 | 13,826 523 | South Africa | Physician diagnosed asthma, ever | Ever regularly exposed to smoke, dust, fumes or strong smells or worked underground in a mine | 13.6% |