Occupational Disorders of the Lung : Recognition, Management, and Prevention

Occupational Disorders of the Lung : Recognition, Management, and Prevention

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 720 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780702025075
  • DDC分類 616

Full Description


This is a comprehensive practical resource covering recognition and management of occupational lung disorders. This book is carefully structured to provide the reader with as accessible a text as possible. 'Difficult Cases' provided by leading specialists highlight clinical issues whilst summary boxes facilitate retrieval of key points. "Occupational Disorders of the Lung" is schematised to present the reader with the main diseases and their industry-related disorders. Finally the issues of legislation and information are addressed. This book, written by leading specialists in a new and exciting format, will prove an invaluable addition on any Respiratory Medicine specialist's bookshelf. This book has been commended at the 2003 BMA Book Awards.

Contents

1. Foreword Hans Weill 2. Why this book? How to use it David Hendrick, Sherwood P Burge, William Beckett and Andrew Churg 3. Surveillance: Clinical and Economic Perspectives Sarah Meredith and Paul Blanc 4. How to take an Occupational Exposure History Relevant to Lung Disease Sherwood P Burge 5. Asthma David Hendrick, Sherwood P Burge 6. COPD Christopher Stenton 7. Toxic Traxheitis, Bronchitis and Bronchiolitis David A Schwartz 8. Silicosis Gerald S Davis 9. Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Anne Brichet, Sophie Desurmont, Benoit Wallaert 10. Asbestosis Paul de Vuyst and Pierre Alain Gevenois 11. Pneumoconiosis Due to Minerals Other than Silica, Coal and Asbestos, and to Metals Douglas Mapel and David Coultas 12. Man-Made Vitreous Fibers Mark Utell and James Lockley 13. Toxic Pneu7monitis: Chemical Agents Benoit Nemery 14. Toxic Pneumonitis: 'Organic Agents' Martin Iversen 15. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Yvon Cormier 16. Tuberculosis Sherwood P Burge 17. Non-Tuberculous Infections Edmund Org 18. Sick Building Syndrome Jouni Jaakkola 19. Miscellaneous Disorders Dan Banks and David Hendrick 20. Lung Cancer Michelle Ng Gong and David C Christiani 21. Benign Pleural Disease Robin Rudd 22. Malignant Mesothelioma YC Gary Lee, De Klerk, Nicholas Douglas Henderson, A William Musk 23. Asphyxiation Dennis Shusterman 24. Disorders from Altered Ambient Pressure Thomas A Dillard and Richard Moon 25. Automotive Gianna Moscato and C Romano 26. Chemicals and Plastics Paul Gannon 27. Farming D Novak 28. Health Care Sherwood P Burge and Alistair S Robertson 29. Mining Robert L Cowie 30. Welding Grant McMillan 31. Imaging Sue Copely and David Hansell 32. Lung Function Measurement Jeremy Beach 33. Occupational Hygiene Susan Woskie and Judy Sparer 34. Mineralogic Analysis of Lung Tissue Andrew Churg 35. Legislative Controls and Compensation: Asia and Australasia Malcolm Sim and Wai-On Phoon 36. Legislative Controls and Compensation: Europe and America Tee Guidotti, Christophe Leroyer, Jean Dominique Dewitte 37. Information Sources and Investigation Centres: Asia/Australasia Wai-On Phoon and Malcolm Sim 38. Information Technology: Information Sources and Investigation Centres: North America and Europe Akshay Sood and H Nordma