Occupational Asthma

Identification of causes

The occupational origin of asthma, even though sometimes obvious, can often be difficult to confirm. Identifying the cause is an important part of this confirmation. Since the causes are numerous and have diverse origins (both animal, and plant and chemical), it is important to have tools that allow quick identification.

List of agents causing occupational asthma with references.
List of agents causing occupational asthma and related professions, more references and data test results from the literature
Pdf format. Updated: February 2024

6th Jack Pepys Worksphop on Asthma in the Workplace

2016 sessions

Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST)

Asthma in the workplace.
To adopt behaviors aimed at the prevention of occupational asthma and occupational rhinitis, it is important to know the health risks associated with various training and working environments. The IRSST has published a general fact sheet presenting these two respiratory diseases in general, as well as six other prevention fact sheets that, more specifically, set out the risk factors and propose means of protection adapted to six professional environments.