title: RADS and its variants: asthma by another name.
abstract: This article describes the different clinical variants of irritant-induced asthma, specifically focusing on high-dose irritant-induced asthma and irritant-induced work-exacerbated asthma, as well as reviews known causes, addresses the often adverse medical and socioeconomic outcomes of this complex condition, and considers issues of causation from an occupational and environmental medicine perspective.
authors: Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, CO 80206, USA. mayera@njhealth.org
authors: Annyce
authors: A
authors: Mayer
authors: Karin
authors: K
authors: Pacheco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*