Occupational asthma due to styrene.
In a patient with asthma who was exposed to styrene serial self recorded measurements of peak expiratory flow showed the asthma to be work related, and inhalation tests with styrene reproducibly provoked a dual asthmatic response and increased responsiveness to inhaled histamine.
Hayes
J P
JP
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Royal Brompton and National Heart Hospital, London.
Lambourn
L
L
Hopkirk
J A
JA
Durham
S R
SR
Taylor
A J
AJ
D000328:Adult; D000420:Albuterol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D001507:Beclomethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate; D013343:Styrenes / Q000009:adverse effects*
D013343:Styrenes; D001507:Beclomethasone; D000420:Albuterol