Asthma in the Workplace
4th Edition
Published on 10. May 2013
Book
Hardback
454 pages
978-1-84214-591-3 (ISBN)
Description
Occupational factors are responsible for a large percentage of cases of asthma in adults of working age. Any irritant generated at high concentrations can cause occupational asthma, and early diagnosis is critical because cure is still possible at this stage. This latest edition of Asthma in the Workplace reflects the rapid pace of discovery and research in workplace asthma that has taken place in recent years.
This Fourth Edition retains the international flavor of prior editions, with contributions from editors and contributors from around the world. Several chapters commence with clinical histories and workplace scenarios relevant to the focus of the chapter, making it particularly germane for primary care providers to develop skills in early recognition of the disease.
Topics discussed include:
Definitions, historical background, epidemiology, genetics, pathophysiology, and animal models
Guidelines for assessing the worker and the workplace, and proposed guidelines for management, including compensation aspects
Medicolegal aspects, prevention, and surveillance
Detailed information about specific agents, including a variety of high- and low-molecular weight agents
Other types of work-related asthma conditions, such as irritant-induced asthma, eosinophilic bronchitis, and occupational rhinitis
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This new edition has been significantly restructured and places a greater emphasis on the clinical aspects of management and treatment. This heightened focus on practical considerations makes it a truly comprehensive, hands-on resource for practitioners and researchers in this fast-moving field.
This Fourth Edition retains the international flavor of prior editions, with contributions from editors and contributors from around the world. Several chapters commence with clinical histories and workplace scenarios relevant to the focus of the chapter, making it particularly germane for primary care providers to develop skills in early recognition of the disease.
Topics discussed include:
Definitions, historical background, epidemiology, genetics, pathophysiology, and animal models
Guidelines for assessing the worker and the workplace, and proposed guidelines for management, including compensation aspects
Medicolegal aspects, prevention, and surveillance
Detailed information about specific agents, including a variety of high- and low-molecular weight agents
Other types of work-related asthma conditions, such as irritant-induced asthma, eosinophilic bronchitis, and occupational rhinitis
?
This new edition has been significantly restructured and places a greater emphasis on the clinical aspects of management and treatment. This heightened focus on practical considerations makes it a truly comprehensive, hands-on resource for practitioners and researchers in this fast-moving field.
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Edition
4th New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Pulmonologists, allergists, immunologist, internists, occupational physicians and professionals, otorhinolaryngologists, and dermatologists.
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
1006 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84214-591-3 (9781842145913)
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Susan M. Tarlo | Olivier Vandenplas | David I. Bernstein
Asthma in the Workplace
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09/2021
5th Edition
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David I. Bernstein | Jean-Luc Malo
Asthma in the Workplace
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06/2020
4th Edition
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David I. Bernstein | Moira Chan-Yeung | Jean-Luc Malo
Asthma in the Workplace, Third Edition
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02/2006
3rd Edition
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Persons
Jean-Luc Malo, M.D. is Professor of Respiratory Medicine and former Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Medicine of Universite de Montreal. He practices as a chest physician at Sacre-Coeur Hospital in Montreal. During his career, he has been principally involved in the improvement of diagnostic means of occupational asthma and has identified many causal agents. He has described the outcome after cessation of exposure in the case of immunological and non-immunological occupational asthma and participated in epidemiological studies of apprentices and workers. Dr. Malo has contributed to international research projects, position papers and guidelines in the field of asthma in the workplace.
Moira Chan-Yeung, MB, FRCPC is Emeritus Professor, Department of Medicine, at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in Canada. She is the recipient of the Alice Hamilton Award for Major and Lasting Contribution in Occupational Health from the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the prestigious Distinguished Achievement award from the American Thoracic Society, among other honours. One of her many noteworthy contributions is her discovery of plicatic acid as the agent responsible for Western Red Cedar asthma. Since Dr. Chan-Yeung began her research in the Department of Medicine in 1968, she has published over 370 peer-reviewed articles and 5 books and has a research laboratory dedicated to her work in UBC.
David I Bernstein, M.D. is Professor of Medicine and Environmental Health at the University of Cincinnati Division of Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology. He has been Director or Co-Director of the Allergy Immunology fellowship training program at the University of Cincinnati for 30 years. During his career, he has focused his research efforts on the investigation of occupational asthma and environmental causes of allergic disorders in childhood. Dr. Bernstein has contributed to developing methods for immunologic evaluation of occupational asthma, and more recently, to better understanding genetic determinants of occupational asthma. He has authored or co-authored 157 articles in peer-reviewed journals as well numerous reviews and book chapters.
Moira Chan-Yeung, MB, FRCPC is Emeritus Professor, Department of Medicine, at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in Canada. She is the recipient of the Alice Hamilton Award for Major and Lasting Contribution in Occupational Health from the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the prestigious Distinguished Achievement award from the American Thoracic Society, among other honours. One of her many noteworthy contributions is her discovery of plicatic acid as the agent responsible for Western Red Cedar asthma. Since Dr. Chan-Yeung began her research in the Department of Medicine in 1968, she has published over 370 peer-reviewed articles and 5 books and has a research laboratory dedicated to her work in UBC.
David I Bernstein, M.D. is Professor of Medicine and Environmental Health at the University of Cincinnati Division of Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology. He has been Director or Co-Director of the Allergy Immunology fellowship training program at the University of Cincinnati for 30 years. During his career, he has focused his research efforts on the investigation of occupational asthma and environmental causes of allergic disorders in childhood. Dr. Bernstein has contributed to developing methods for immunologic evaluation of occupational asthma, and more recently, to better understanding genetic determinants of occupational asthma. He has authored or co-authored 157 articles in peer-reviewed journals as well numerous reviews and book chapters.
Content
Introduction
Definition and classification of asthma in the workplace; I. Leonard Bernstein, David I. Bernstein,
Moira Chan-Yeung, Jean-Luc Malo
Historical aspects; Jack Pepys, I. Leonard Bernstein, Jean-Luc Malo
Disease occurrence and risk factors; Maritta S. Jaakkola, Denyse Gautrin, Jean-Luc Malo
Mechanisms, genetics, and pathophysiology; Piero Maestrelli, Berran Yucesoy, Hae-Sim Park,
Adam Wisnewski
Animal models; Victor J. Johnson, Vanessa De Vooght, Jeroen A.J. Vanoirbeek
Assessment
Assessment of the worker; Andre Cartier, Nathalie Bourdeau, Pierre Phenix, Kenneth D. Rosenman
Assessment of the workplace; Dick Heederik, Lygia Budnik, Brigitte Roberge, Nicole Goyer
Immunological and inflammatory assessments; Catherine Lemiere, David I. Bernstein, Leslie C. Grammer, Meinir Jones, Hae-Sim Park
Functional assessment; Olivier Vandenplas, P. Sherwood Burge, Gianna Moscato, Jean-Luc Malo
Management
Management of the worker; Andre Cartier, Paul K. Henneberger, Stuart M. Brooks
Protecting the worker and modifying the work environment; Dick Heederik, Remko Houba, Gary M. Liss,
Melissa Millerick-May
Prevention and surveillance; Gary M. Liss, Susan M. Tarlo, Manon Labrecque, Jean-Luc Malo
Impairment and disability evaluations: I. Psychosocial, economic, and medicolegal aspects; Paul D. Blanc, Philip Harber, Kim L. Lavoie, Olivier Vandenplas
Impairment and disability evaluation: II. Various legislations; Mohamed F. Jeebhay, Philip Harber, Xaver Baur, Marcos Ribeiro, Hae-Sim Park, Jean-Luc Malo
Specific Agents Causing Immunological Occupational Asthma
High- and low-molecular weight agents; Moira Chan-Yeung, Jean-Luc Malo, David I. Bernstein
Enzymes; Jonathan A. Bernstein, Katherine Sarlo, Carlos Rodriguez, Remko Houba
Occupational asthma in the baking industry; Paul Cullinan, Torben Sigsgaard, Rolf Merget
Asthma and allergy to animals; Karin A. Pacheco, Denyse Gautrin, Andreas L. Lopata, Mohamed F. Jeebhay
Polyisocyanates and their prepolymers; Adam V. Wisnewski, Carrie A. Redlich, Cristina E. Mapp, David I. Bernstein
Western red cedar and other wood dusts; Moira Chan-Yeung, Jean-Luc Malo, Torben Sigsgaard
Metals; Rolf Merget, Denyse Gautrin
Specific Disease Entities and Variants
Irritant-induced asthma and reactive airways dysfunction syndrome; Stuart M. Brooks, Jean-Luc Malo, Denyse Gautrin
Asthma exacerbated at work; Paul K. Henneberger, Gregory R. Wagner, Catherine Lemiere
Eosinophilic bronchitis; Santiago Quirce, Catherine Lemiere, Joaquin Sastre
Occupational rhinitis; Gianna Moscato, Mark S. Dykewicz, Martin Desrosiers, Roberto Castano
Airway diseases due to organic dust exposure; Moira Chan-Yeung, I. Leonard Bernstein, Susanna Von Essen, Jill A. Poole
Chronic obstructive airway disease due to occupational exposure; Paul D. Blanc, Eva Hnizdo,
Kathleen Kreiss, Kjell Toren
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis and organic dust toxic syndrome; Yvon Cormier, Yves Lacasse
Building-related illnesses and mold-related conditions; Dan Norbaeck, J. David Miller
Occupational urticaria and allergic contact dermatitis; D. Linn Holness, Victoria H. Arrandale, C.G. Toby Mathias
Index
Definition and classification of asthma in the workplace; I. Leonard Bernstein, David I. Bernstein,
Moira Chan-Yeung, Jean-Luc Malo
Historical aspects; Jack Pepys, I. Leonard Bernstein, Jean-Luc Malo
Disease occurrence and risk factors; Maritta S. Jaakkola, Denyse Gautrin, Jean-Luc Malo
Mechanisms, genetics, and pathophysiology; Piero Maestrelli, Berran Yucesoy, Hae-Sim Park,
Adam Wisnewski
Animal models; Victor J. Johnson, Vanessa De Vooght, Jeroen A.J. Vanoirbeek
Assessment
Assessment of the worker; Andre Cartier, Nathalie Bourdeau, Pierre Phenix, Kenneth D. Rosenman
Assessment of the workplace; Dick Heederik, Lygia Budnik, Brigitte Roberge, Nicole Goyer
Immunological and inflammatory assessments; Catherine Lemiere, David I. Bernstein, Leslie C. Grammer, Meinir Jones, Hae-Sim Park
Functional assessment; Olivier Vandenplas, P. Sherwood Burge, Gianna Moscato, Jean-Luc Malo
Management
Management of the worker; Andre Cartier, Paul K. Henneberger, Stuart M. Brooks
Protecting the worker and modifying the work environment; Dick Heederik, Remko Houba, Gary M. Liss,
Melissa Millerick-May
Prevention and surveillance; Gary M. Liss, Susan M. Tarlo, Manon Labrecque, Jean-Luc Malo
Impairment and disability evaluations: I. Psychosocial, economic, and medicolegal aspects; Paul D. Blanc, Philip Harber, Kim L. Lavoie, Olivier Vandenplas
Impairment and disability evaluation: II. Various legislations; Mohamed F. Jeebhay, Philip Harber, Xaver Baur, Marcos Ribeiro, Hae-Sim Park, Jean-Luc Malo
Specific Agents Causing Immunological Occupational Asthma
High- and low-molecular weight agents; Moira Chan-Yeung, Jean-Luc Malo, David I. Bernstein
Enzymes; Jonathan A. Bernstein, Katherine Sarlo, Carlos Rodriguez, Remko Houba
Occupational asthma in the baking industry; Paul Cullinan, Torben Sigsgaard, Rolf Merget
Asthma and allergy to animals; Karin A. Pacheco, Denyse Gautrin, Andreas L. Lopata, Mohamed F. Jeebhay
Polyisocyanates and their prepolymers; Adam V. Wisnewski, Carrie A. Redlich, Cristina E. Mapp, David I. Bernstein
Western red cedar and other wood dusts; Moira Chan-Yeung, Jean-Luc Malo, Torben Sigsgaard
Metals; Rolf Merget, Denyse Gautrin
Specific Disease Entities and Variants
Irritant-induced asthma and reactive airways dysfunction syndrome; Stuart M. Brooks, Jean-Luc Malo, Denyse Gautrin
Asthma exacerbated at work; Paul K. Henneberger, Gregory R. Wagner, Catherine Lemiere
Eosinophilic bronchitis; Santiago Quirce, Catherine Lemiere, Joaquin Sastre
Occupational rhinitis; Gianna Moscato, Mark S. Dykewicz, Martin Desrosiers, Roberto Castano
Airway diseases due to organic dust exposure; Moira Chan-Yeung, I. Leonard Bernstein, Susanna Von Essen, Jill A. Poole
Chronic obstructive airway disease due to occupational exposure; Paul D. Blanc, Eva Hnizdo,
Kathleen Kreiss, Kjell Toren
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis and organic dust toxic syndrome; Yvon Cormier, Yves Lacasse
Building-related illnesses and mold-related conditions; Dan Norbaeck, J. David Miller
Occupational urticaria and allergic contact dermatitis; D. Linn Holness, Victoria H. Arrandale, C.G. Toby Mathias
Index