Cleaning Jobs Linked to Asthma Risk

Jan. 21, 2013 — A new study has found strong evidence for a link between cleaning jobs and risk of developing asthma.
Researchers at Imperial College London tracked the occurrence of asthma in a group of 9,488 people born in Britain in 1958. Not including those who had asthma as children, nine per cent developed asthma by age 42. Risks in the workplace were responsible for one in six cases of adult onset asthma – even more than the one in nine cases attributed to smoking, according to the analysis......

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Decline in child asthma attacks linked to smoke-free laws

LONDON (Reuters) - Introducing laws banning smoking in enclosed public places can lead to swift and dramatic falls in the number of children admitted to hospital suffering asthma attacks, according to a study in England published on Monday.....

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UK Smoking Ban Linked To Decrease Of Child Asthma Attacks [Study]

Researchers have linked the enactment of a British smoking ban to a decrease in the number of reported asthma attacks in children.
The 2007 smoke-free law, which prohibits smoking within enclosed public spaces and workplaces, and its part in the decrease of child asthma cases were studied by researchers at Imperial College London. The results, published Monday, found a 12.3 percent reduction in the number childhood asthma related hospital admissions in the first year following the ban.....

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