Diagnosi delle malattie professionali da ipersensibilità: Patologie respiratorie. Position statement del Gruppo di lavoro della Società Italiana di Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica.

Summary: The Working Group of the Italian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology on Occupational Allergy has developed a position statement on the diagnostic protocols of occupational diseases for which the mechanisms of allergic sensitization is relevant. This paper summarizes diagnostic criteria of occupational respiratory diseases caused by allergic sensitization, such as asthma, rhinitis, and hypersensitivity pneumonitis