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Occupational asthma and the paper recycling industry
Occupational Medicine, 05/27/09

Tran S et al. - Occupational disease linked to the paper recycling industry has not been well documented. No previously confirmed formal diagnosis of occupational asthma (OA) caused by hydroxylamine has been made. The authors have assessed and performed occupational assessment of eight workers involved in this industry. Two of these were later diagnosed with OA and are reported here...The authors believe that these are the first two confirmed cases of OA caused by hydroxylamine in the paper recycling industry.

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