AGENTS, OLD AND NEW, CAUSING OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA
Open Access
- 1 May 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Vol. 58 (5) , 354
- https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.58.5.354
Abstract
To date, more than 250 agents capable of causing occupational asthma have been reported.4 5Substances that induce occupational asthma are classified as either high molecular weight allergens (> 5 kDa)—usually protein derived allergens—or as low molecular weight compounds. It has been hypothesised that low molecular weight chemicals could act as haptens and combine with a body protein to form a complete antigen.Keywords
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