title: [Diagnostic criteria for occupational allergic diseases].
abstract: Exposure to allergens at workplace is more frequent nowadays. The most common occupational allergic diseases with proven association of the disease and occupational exposure determining damage to function and/or morphology and confirming the disease by diagnostic workup are occupational allergic rhinitis, occupational asthma, allergic alveolitis and allergic contact dermatitis. This paper describes diagnostic algorithms of differential diagnosis to confirm the diagnosis of occupational disease and to take measures for preserving functional capacity of the employees.
authors.affiliation: Commission for Disability Revision, Croatian Institute of Retirement Insurance and Zagreb, Croatia. nada_turcic@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Turcić
authors.forename: Marija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zavalić
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000175:diagnosis