Table 3.

Sensitive population group for each chemical and shown association with asthma in this population group.

Substance	Sensitive Population	Association with Asthma
PAHs [18,27,30]	Children, subjects with allergies	Yes
Diisocyanates [8,34,35,36,37]	Subjects producing and working with diisocyanates	Yes
Cr(VI) [25,38]	Subjects occupationally exposed to Cr(VI)	Yes
Pesticides [25,43]	Pregnant women, children early in life and in postnatal period, foetuses	Yes
Phthalates and Hexamoll® DINCH [21,25]	Children early in life and in prenatal period	No
PFASs [9,53,58,60]	Pregnant women, children (especially early in life), foetuses	Possibly
p-PDA [19,34]	Subjects occupationally exposed to p-PDA	Possibly
Mercury [25,38,64]	Foetuses, children in postnatal period and early in life, heavy seafood consumers	No
Cadmium [25,38]	Pregnant and postmenopausal women, elderly, children in postnatal period and toddlers	No
Arsenic [25,38]	Children	No
Lead [25,38]	Foetuses and children	No