PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - C Lemiere
AU  - A Desjardins
AU  - Y Cloutier
AU  - D Drolet
AU  - G Perrault
AU  - A Cartier
AU  - JL Malo
TI  - Occupational asthma due to formaldehyde resin dust with and without reaction to formaldehyde gas
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.95.08050861
DP  - 1995 May 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 861--865
VI  - 8
IP  - 5
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/8/5/861.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/8/5/861.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1995 May 01; 8
AB  - We report the cases of three subjects who developed asthma after being exposed to formaldehyde dust or gas. For two subjects, specific bronchial provocation tests with formaldehyde gas did not cause significant bronchoconstriction, whereas exposure to formaldehyde resin dust did. One subject experienced asthmatic reaction after being exposed to formaldehyde resin dust and gas. These findings suggest that the physical and chemical properties of formaldehyde are relevant to its likelihood of causing asthma.