title: Occupational asthma.
abstract: This article will serve as a guide to the diagnosis of occupational asthma. It contains few particulars about the substances known to cause the illness, and these omissions are intentional. The recommended approach begins with the patient and sometimes, but not always, ends with identification of the offending agent.
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000276:immunology; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens