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Occupational Lung Diseases

W.Keith C. Morgan, Anthony Seaton (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

677 Seiten

1995 | 3rd Revised edition
W B Saunders Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7216-4671-8 (ISBN)

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Revised and updated, this third edition provides practical, up-to-date guidelines for the prevention and management of occupational lung diseases. It features discussions of work-related pulmonary diseases from different perspectives. Clinicians and other professionals responsible for the care and safety of workers should find advice on investigation, the medico-legal aspects, pulmonary physiology including exercise testing, the epidemiological approach, pathology and occupational hygiene, respiratory protection, and much more. The full range of industrial lung diseases and disorders are covered, from pneumoconioses, including industrial bronchitis and occupation asthma, to occupationally induced infectious disease and lung cancer. This reference also provides historical context for each topic, tracing the development of knowledge from the earliest discoveries to the latest advances.

A Short History of Occupational Lung Diseases. Prevention of Occupational Lung Diseass. The Clinical Approach. Legal Aspects of Industrial Disease. Pulmonary Physiology. Epidemiology and Occupational Lung Disease. The Deposition and Clearance of Dust from the Lungs. Pathological Reactions of the Lung to Dust. The Measurement of Workplace Aerosols. Respiratory Protection. Basic Mechanisms in Occupational Lung Diseases Including Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma. Silicosis. Silicates and Lung Disease. Asbestos-Related Diseases. Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis. Other Pneumoconiosis. Occupational Asthma. Byssinosis and Related Conditions. Industrial Bronchitis and Other Nonspecific Conditions. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis. Toxic Gases and Fumes. Barotrauma and Hazards of High Pressure. Infectious Diseases. Occupational Lung Cancer.

Zusatzinfo	323 ills
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	184 x 260 mm
Gewicht	1692 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	0-7216-4671-9 / 0721646719
ISBN-13	978-0-7216-4671-8 / 9780721646718
Zustand	Neuware