Marc van Sprundel

TL;DR: The increased risk of asthma after inhalation accidents suggests that workers who have such accidents should be monitored closely.

TL;DR: In the ECRHS II cohort, hospital technicians and other healthcare workers experience increased risks of new-onset current asthma, possibly due to specific products used at work.

TL;DR: Occupational exposures to dusts, gases, and fumes occurring during the 1990s are associated with incidence of chronic bronchitis, although these did not impair lung function in a population of relatively young age.

TL;DR: A battery of measures and interventions-including introduction of immunization programmes against HBV infection and increasing immunization coverage in HCWs-can contribute to further reducing HBV transmission to HCWs.

TL;DR: People who clean their homes with hypochlorite bleach are less likely to be atopic but more likely to have respiratory symptoms, while those using bleach 4 or more days per week are more likely than those without any history of respiratory problems.