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Main description:
A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases delivers a concise compendium to the diagnosis and management of occupational and environmental lung diseases, incorporating evidence-based guidelines where available. Each chapter provides an updated review and a practical approach to different occupational and environmental lung diseases. With rapidly changing technology, new conditions and exposures will undoubtedly emerge. Clinicians need to remain vigilant about assessing the potential link between lung diseases and environmental exposures, and this book provides a practical guide to recognize, diagnose, and prevent occupational and environmental lung diseases. Written for practicing clinicians including internists, pulmonologists, and primary care providers, as well as industrial hygienists and environmental regulators, A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases is a timely and important new volume and an invaluable contribution to the literature.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Historical Perspective of Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease
Paul David Blanc
Chapter 2: The Occupational and Environmental History
Lawrence C. Mohr, Jr.
Chapter 3: Use of Laboratory Tests in Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
Jean-Luc Malo
Chapter 4: Radiography and CT of Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
Philip C. Goodman
Chapter 5: Environmental and Occupational Causes of Asthma
Marcos Ribeiro
Susan M. Tarlo
Chapter 6: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Lawrence Ho
Ware G. Kuschner
Chapter 7: Air Pollution and Lung Diseases
Yuh-Chin T. Huang
Ellen Volker
Chapter 8: Unanswered questions regarding asbestos exposure - concerns for the next generation
Daniel E. Banks
Chapter 9: Pneumoconiosis in the 21st century
Andrew J. Ghio
Chapter 10: Inhalation Injury
David J. Prezant
Dorsett D. Smith
Lawrence C. Mohr, Jr.
Chapter 11: Hard Metal Lung Disease
Toshinori Takada
Hiroshi Moriyama
Chapter 12: Beryllium Disease
John Ferguson
Margaret M. Mroz
Lisa A. Maier
Chapter 13: Occupational Lung Cancer
Ignatius TS YU
Lap-Ah Tse
Hong QIU
Chapter 14: COPD in non-smokers
K. B. Hubert Lam,
Om P. Kurmi
Jon G. Ayres
Chapter 15: Emerging Issues in Environmental and Occupational Lung Diseases
Yuh-Chin T. Huang
Chapter 16: Disability Assessment in Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
Clayton T. Cowl
Chapter 17: Global Impact of Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
Eric D. Amster
David C. Christiani
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: October, 2012
Pages: 336
Weight: 676g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Diseases and Disorders, General Issues, Respiratory Medicine
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