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Japanese guidelines for occupational allergic diseases 2017,

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Abstract

In 2013, a guideline for occupational allergic diseases was published for the first time in Japan. Occupational allergic diseases are likely to worsen or become intractable as a result of continuous exposure to high concentrations of causative antigens, and are socioeconomically important diseases with which the patients might sometimes lose jobs due to work interruptions. Guidelines for occupational allergic diseases have been published in many countries. This guideline consists of six chapters about occupational asthma, occupational allergic rhinitis, occupational skin diseases, hypersensitivity pneumonitis and occupational anaphylaxis shock, and legal aspects of these diseases. The guideline is characterized with the following basic structure: Clinical Questions (CQs) are set with reference to Minds (Medical Information Network Distribution Service), statements by the committee are correspondingly listed, recommended grades and evidence levels are defined, and then descriptions and references are indicated.

Keywords

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Occupational allergic rhinitis
Occupational anaphylaxis
Occupational asthma
Occupational skin diseases

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This article is an updated version of “Japanese guideline for occupational allergic diseases 2014” published in Allergol Int 2014:63:421–42.

Peer review under responsibility of Japanese Society of Allergology.