Asthma in the Workplace, Second Edition,
2nd Edition
Published on 15. June 1999
Book
Hardback
768 pages
978-0-8247-1963-0 (ISBN)
Description
Fully updated to include crucial advances in the subject since publication of the First Edition, the Second Edition of this comprehensive volume reviews all aspects of occupational asthma, including disease mechanisms, clinical diagnosis and treatment, and categories of causative agents.
Includes new and expanded material on
hypersensitivity pneumonitis and organic dust toxic syndromes
sick building syndrome
occupational rhinitis and urticaria, skin problems, and genetics of occupational asthma
animal, enzyme, and flour allergies
latex allergy
irritant-induced asthma (RADS)
Featuring contributions from over 45 international authorities in the field-nearly 20 more than the First Edition-Asthma in the Workplace, Second Edition
evaluates medicolegal and compensation issues
discusses inhalation challenge testing
addresses the social outcomes of workers disabled by asthma
explores environmental exposure to causative chemicals and protein allergens
and more!
With numerous references, tables, drawings, photographs, and micrographs, Asthma in the Workplace, Second Edition will be welcomed by clinical immunologists and allergists, pulmonologists, occupational health and thoracic physicians, industrial hygienists, internists, toxicologists, immunotoxicologists, epidemiologists, aerosol scientists, lawyers involved with compensation issues, and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.
Includes new and expanded material on
hypersensitivity pneumonitis and organic dust toxic syndromes
sick building syndrome
occupational rhinitis and urticaria, skin problems, and genetics of occupational asthma
animal, enzyme, and flour allergies
latex allergy
irritant-induced asthma (RADS)
Featuring contributions from over 45 international authorities in the field-nearly 20 more than the First Edition-Asthma in the Workplace, Second Edition
evaluates medicolegal and compensation issues
discusses inhalation challenge testing
addresses the social outcomes of workers disabled by asthma
explores environmental exposure to causative chemicals and protein allergens
and more!
With numerous references, tables, drawings, photographs, and micrographs, Asthma in the Workplace, Second Edition will be welcomed by clinical immunologists and allergists, pulmonologists, occupational health and thoracic physicians, industrial hygienists, internists, toxicologists, immunotoxicologists, epidemiologists, aerosol scientists, lawyers involved with compensation issues, and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.
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Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Weight
1315 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8247-1963-0 (9780824719630)
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Content
General Considerations
Definition and Classification of Asthma, I. Leonard Bernstein, David I. Bernstein, Moira Chan-Yeung, and Jean-Luc Malo
Historical Aspects of Occupational Asthma, Jack Pepys and I. Leonard Bernstein
Epidemiological Approaches in Occupational Asthma, Margaret R. Becklake, Jean-Luc Malo, and Moira Chan-Yeung
Genetics and Occupational Asthma, Alan Lockhart and Anthony J. Newman-Taylor
Pathophysiology, Leonardo Fabbri, Piera Boschetto, Gaetano Caramori, and Cristina Elisabetta Mapp
Animal Models of Occupational Asthma, Katherine Sarlo and Meryl Karol
Natural History of Occupational Asthma, Moira Chan-Yeung and Jean-Luc Malo
Assessment and Management
Clinical Assessment and Management of Occupational Asthma, David I. Bernstein
Immunological Evaluation of Occupational Asthma, Leslie C. Grammer and Roy Patterson
Nonspecific Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness, Anthony Johnson and Moira Chan-Yeung
Physiological Assessment: Serial Measurements of Lung Function, Sherwood Burge and Gianna Moscato
Occupational Challenge Tests, Andre Cartier and Jean-Luc Malo
Environmental Monitoring of Protein Aeroallergens, Charles E. Reed, Mark Swanson and James T. Li
Environmental Monitoring of Chemical Agents, Jacques Lesage and Guy Perrault
Medicolegal and Compensation Aspects, I. Leonard Bernstein, Helen Keskinen, and Jean-Luc Malo
Evaluation of Impairment/Disability in Subjects with Occupational Asthma, Jean-Luc Malo, Paul Blanc, and Moira Chan-Yeung
Surveillance and Prevention, David I. Bernstein and Gary M. Liss
Specific Disease Entities
Upper Airways Involvement, David C. Christiani and Jean-Luc Malo
Occupational Urticaria, Boris D. Lushniak and C. G. Toby Mathias
Enzymes, Jonathan A. Bernstein and William Gerald Gaines, Jr.
Occupational Asthma in the Baking Industry, Dick Heederik and Anthony J. Newman-Taylor
Animal, Insect, and Shellfish Allergy, Susan Gordon and Anthony J. Newman-Taylor
Latex Allergy, Oliver Vandenplas, B. Lauren Charous, and Susan M. Tarlo
High-Molecular-Weight Protein Agents, David I. Bernstein and Jean-Luc Malo
Polyisocyanates and Their Prepolymers, Christina Elisabetta Mapp, I. Leonard Bernstein, Brian T. Butcher, and Leonardo M. Fabbri
Acid Anhydrides, C. Raymond Zeiss, Roy Patterson, and Katherine M. Venables
Metals, I. Leonard Bernstein, Benoit Nemery, and Stuart M. Brooks
Other Chemical Substances Causing Occupational Asthma, Jean-Luc Malo and I. Leonard Bernstein
Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) and Other Wood Dusts, Moira Chan-Yeung
Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome, or Irritant-Induced Asthma, Denyse Gautrin, I. Leonard Bernstein and Stuart M. Brooks
Cotton and Other Textile Dusts, James A. Merchant, I. Leonard Bernstein, and Anthony Pickering
Grain Dust-Induced Lung Diseases, Moira Chan-Yeung, Susan M. Kennedy, and David A. Schwartz
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Organic Dust Toxic Syndromes, Yvon Cormier, Hal B. Richerson, and Cecile S. Rose
Building-Related Illnesses, Dick Menzies
Compendiums
Tables of Major Inducers of Occupational Asthma, Moira Chan-Yeung and Jean-Luc Malo
The United States National Exposure Survey (NOES) Database, Joseph A. Seta, Randy O. Young, David H. Pederson, I. Leonard Bernstein, and David I. Bernstein
Asthma Works: The English Version of the Telematic Information System (Minitel) on Occupational Asthma, Jonathan A. Bernstein, Jean-Luc Malo, Henriette Dhivert-Donadio, Phillippe Godard, Brigitte Perrin, Jean Bousquet, Francois-Bernard Michel
Appendix: Occupational History Form
Definition and Classification of Asthma, I. Leonard Bernstein, David I. Bernstein, Moira Chan-Yeung, and Jean-Luc Malo
Historical Aspects of Occupational Asthma, Jack Pepys and I. Leonard Bernstein
Epidemiological Approaches in Occupational Asthma, Margaret R. Becklake, Jean-Luc Malo, and Moira Chan-Yeung
Genetics and Occupational Asthma, Alan Lockhart and Anthony J. Newman-Taylor
Pathophysiology, Leonardo Fabbri, Piera Boschetto, Gaetano Caramori, and Cristina Elisabetta Mapp
Animal Models of Occupational Asthma, Katherine Sarlo and Meryl Karol
Natural History of Occupational Asthma, Moira Chan-Yeung and Jean-Luc Malo
Assessment and Management
Clinical Assessment and Management of Occupational Asthma, David I. Bernstein
Immunological Evaluation of Occupational Asthma, Leslie C. Grammer and Roy Patterson
Nonspecific Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness, Anthony Johnson and Moira Chan-Yeung
Physiological Assessment: Serial Measurements of Lung Function, Sherwood Burge and Gianna Moscato
Occupational Challenge Tests, Andre Cartier and Jean-Luc Malo
Environmental Monitoring of Protein Aeroallergens, Charles E. Reed, Mark Swanson and James T. Li
Environmental Monitoring of Chemical Agents, Jacques Lesage and Guy Perrault
Medicolegal and Compensation Aspects, I. Leonard Bernstein, Helen Keskinen, and Jean-Luc Malo
Evaluation of Impairment/Disability in Subjects with Occupational Asthma, Jean-Luc Malo, Paul Blanc, and Moira Chan-Yeung
Surveillance and Prevention, David I. Bernstein and Gary M. Liss
Specific Disease Entities
Upper Airways Involvement, David C. Christiani and Jean-Luc Malo
Occupational Urticaria, Boris D. Lushniak and C. G. Toby Mathias
Enzymes, Jonathan A. Bernstein and William Gerald Gaines, Jr.
Occupational Asthma in the Baking Industry, Dick Heederik and Anthony J. Newman-Taylor
Animal, Insect, and Shellfish Allergy, Susan Gordon and Anthony J. Newman-Taylor
Latex Allergy, Oliver Vandenplas, B. Lauren Charous, and Susan M. Tarlo
High-Molecular-Weight Protein Agents, David I. Bernstein and Jean-Luc Malo
Polyisocyanates and Their Prepolymers, Christina Elisabetta Mapp, I. Leonard Bernstein, Brian T. Butcher, and Leonardo M. Fabbri
Acid Anhydrides, C. Raymond Zeiss, Roy Patterson, and Katherine M. Venables
Metals, I. Leonard Bernstein, Benoit Nemery, and Stuart M. Brooks
Other Chemical Substances Causing Occupational Asthma, Jean-Luc Malo and I. Leonard Bernstein
Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) and Other Wood Dusts, Moira Chan-Yeung
Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome, or Irritant-Induced Asthma, Denyse Gautrin, I. Leonard Bernstein and Stuart M. Brooks
Cotton and Other Textile Dusts, James A. Merchant, I. Leonard Bernstein, and Anthony Pickering
Grain Dust-Induced Lung Diseases, Moira Chan-Yeung, Susan M. Kennedy, and David A. Schwartz
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Organic Dust Toxic Syndromes, Yvon Cormier, Hal B. Richerson, and Cecile S. Rose
Building-Related Illnesses, Dick Menzies
Compendiums
Tables of Major Inducers of Occupational Asthma, Moira Chan-Yeung and Jean-Luc Malo
The United States National Exposure Survey (NOES) Database, Joseph A. Seta, Randy O. Young, David H. Pederson, I. Leonard Bernstein, and David I. Bernstein
Asthma Works: The English Version of the Telematic Information System (Minitel) on Occupational Asthma, Jonathan A. Bernstein, Jean-Luc Malo, Henriette Dhivert-Donadio, Phillippe Godard, Brigitte Perrin, Jean Bousquet, Francois-Bernard Michel
Appendix: Occupational History Form