Table 1

 Agents responsible for more than 100 cases of occupational asthma (1992–7) and the occupations in which they were encountered3

OccupationAgent
Spray painterIsocyanates
BakerFlour
Wood workerWood
NurseGlutaraldehyde
Laboratory technician, scientist and assistantLaboratory animals
Welder, solderer or electrical assemblySolder/colophony