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## Overview[edit | edit source]

Asthma is defined as a respiratory disease caused by narrowing of the air passages that is synonymous with difficulty in breathing, tightness of chest, nasal irritation, coughing and wheezing.

Occupational asthma is defined as:

> "A disease characterized by variable airflow limitation and/or airway hyper-responsiveness due to causes and conditions attributable to a particular occupational environment and not stimuli encountered outside the workplace".[1][2]

## References[edit | edit source]

1. ↑ American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Vol 167. pp. 450-471, (2003). Proceedings of the First Jack Pepys Occupational Asthma Symposium.
2. ↑ Tarlo SM, Balmes J, Balkissoon R, Beach J, Beckett W, Bernstein D et al. (2008) Diagnosis and management of work-related asthma: American College Of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement. Chest 134 (3 Suppl):1S-41S. DOI:10.1378/chest.08-0201 PMID: 18779187