Asthma in the Workplace, Third Edition
3rd Edition
Published on 21. February 2006
Book
Hardback
904 pages
978-0-8247-2977-6 (ISBN)
Description
Addressing every key component of occupational asthma-including disease mechanisms, clinical diagnosis, treatment, and categories of causative agents-this Third Edition supplies an expert survey of the most influential advances and research in the field. Supplying new and expanded chapters on genetics, environmental monitoring, pathophysiology, skin and pulmonary interactions, and the surveillance and prevention of occupational asthma, this guide will stand alone as the most up-to-date source on the topic.
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Edition
3rd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Occupational medicine and respiratory physicians, epidemiologists, clinical immunologists and allergists, pulmonologists, industrial hygienists, internists, toxicologists, immunotoxicologists, epidemiologists, aerosol scientists, lawyers involved with compensation issues, occupational health nurses, and graduate and medical school students interested in these disciplines.
Catalog no: DK4993
Shelving Guide: Allergy; Pulmonology; Occupational Medicine
Contact Editor: Sandra Beberman
Short Contents
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
43 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 96 s/w Tabellen, 98 s/w Abbildungen
43 Halftones, black and white; 96 Tables, black and white; 98 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1701 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8247-2977-6 (9780824729776)
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David I. Bernstein | Jean-Luc Malo
Asthma in the Workplace
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05/2013
4th Edition
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Previous edition
Bernstein David
Asthma in the Workplace, Second Edition,
Book
06/1999
2nd Edition
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€178.27
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Content
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. Definition and Classification. Historical Aspects. Epidemiological Approaches and Natural History. Genetics. Pathophysiology. Animal Models. ASSESMENT AND MANAGEMENT. Clinical Assessment and Management. Immunological and Inflammatory Assessments. Physiological Assessment. Occupational Challenge Tests. Environmental Monitoring: General Considerations. Environmental Monitoring of Protein Aeroallergens. Environmental Monitoring of Chemical Agents. Medicolegal Aspects, Compensation Aspects, Evaluation of Impairment/Disability. Surveillance and Prevention. SPECIFIC AGENTS CAUSING OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA. Enzymes. Baking Products. Animals, Insects, and Shellfishes. Latex. Other High-Molecular Weight Protein Agents. Polyisocyanates and Their Prepolymers. Wood Dusts. Metals. Other Chemical Substances. SPECIFIC DISEASE ENTITIES AND VARIANTS. Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome and Other Types of Irritant-Induced Asthma. Asthma Exacerbated at Work. Asthma-Like Syndromes. COPD Due to Occupational Exposure. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis. Building Related Illnesses. Upper Airways Involvement. Skin Involvement. Conclusion and Research Needs