Asthma at the workplace – the prognosis and the costs

Oral Presentation
Chairs: T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Denmark), K. Toren (Goteborg, Sweden)

Established asthma, reason of unemployment, and employability as perceived by employees K. Saarinen, J. Uitti, T. Klaukka, K. Kurppa (Tampere, Helsinki, Finland)
Reduction of work exposure is not associated with improvement in functional and biological findings in occupational asthma D. Talini, F. Novelli, S. Cianchetti, F. Costa, E. Garbella, E. Masino, P. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy)
Occupational asthma: outcome according to cessation or reduction of exposure J. Ameille, A. Descatha, D. Choudat, N. Rosenberg, R. Garnier, J. C. Pairon (Paris, France)
Occupational airway disease, social and family consequences P. G. Sørensen (Brørup, Denmark)
Retirement and the frequency of symptoms among older asthmatics J. Uitti, K. Saarinen, T. Klaukka, K. Kurppa (Tampere, Helsinki, Finland)
The costs of occupational asthma: literature review and cost assessment for the UK J. G. Ayres, R. Boyd, H. Cowie, F. Hurley (Aberdeen, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)