Journal:
:iranian red crescent medical journal
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mirsaeed attarchi department of occupational medicine, school of medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
faezeh dehghan department of occupational medicine, school of medicine, aja university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
taraneh yazdanparast research center of chronic respiratory disease, national research institute of tuberculosis and lung diseases, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
saber mohammadi department of occupational medicine, school of medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
mahdie golchin department of occupational medicine, school of medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
zargham sadeghi research center of work and environment, petroleum industry health organization (piho), tehran, ir iran
results the overall prevalence of occupational asthma was 9.7%. this rate was 13.8% in the exposed group. logistic regression analysis showed that even after adjustment for confounding factors, a significant correlation existed between the frequency of occupational asthma and exposure to the produced dust particles (p < 0.05). in addition, age, work experience, body mass index, cigarette smokin...