Kerosene-induced asthma
Rodríguez de la Vega, A.; Casacó, A.; García, M.; Noa, M.; Carvajal, D.; Arruzazabala, L.; González, R.
Annals of Allergy 64(4): 362-363
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4738 PMID: 2321811 Document Number: 364490
Clinical evaluation of 286 asthmatic women showed 15.5% of those who improved clinically had contact with kerosene, while 43.9% of those who failed to improve used kerosene as fuel for cooking. In 16 women the onset of asthma occurred soon after they began to use kerosene. Kerosene can cause and aggravate asthma.