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This tool was produced by the European Lung Foundation in collaboration with patient representatives and occupational lung health experts from the European Respiratory Society.

The tool was updated in 2026 with the support of the following contributors:

The ERS Task Force on Work-Related Asthma: Professor Sara De Matteis, Dr Orianne Dumas, Professor Dick Heederik, Dr Xavier Muñoz Gall, Dr Nicola Murgia, Professor Dennis Nowak, Dr Steven Ronsmans, Professor Vivi Schlünssen, Dr Hille Suojalehto, Dr Nicole Verheijen

American Lung Association: Nicole Goldsboro, Bev Stewart, Kevin M Stewart

Longfonds: Renée Kool and colleagues

National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM): Dr Maaike Visser and colleagues

Contributors to the original version of the tool

Members of the steering group: Professor Dick Heederik, Professor David Fishwick, Professor Martie Van Tongeren, Professor Sara De Matteis, Saskia Weldam, Dan Smyth, Ewelina Szmytke

With thanks to: ELF Patient Advisory Committee, ELF Professional Advisory Committee, Healthy Lungs Partnership, UK Health and Safety Executive, National focal points from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Long Alliantie Nederlands, Inspectie SZW, Longfonds, Nederlands Centrum voor Beroepsziekten (NCvB), Dutch Knowledge Centre for Labour and Lung Disease, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Arbeids- en Bedrijfsgeneeskunde (NVAB), Nederlandse Vereniging voor Arbeidshygiëne, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (TNO), Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV), Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid, Respira, Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia, Portuguese Primary Care Respiratory Group, Assistance Publique Hôspitaux de Marseille, AUVA - Austrian Workers’ Compensation Board