Current Catalog

Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1956
Release:
Genre: Medicine
ISBN:

Organic Dusts Exposure, Effects, and Prevention

Organic Dusts Exposure, Effects, and Prevention
Author: Ragnar Rylander
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1994-06-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780873716994

Organic dusts are particles of vegetable, animal, and microbial origin and are found in a wide range of occupational and general environments. This comprehensive handbook discusses organic dusts and their effects on man. Organic Dusts describes the different environments in which organic dusts are present; it also explains the major components of dusts and which diseases they can induce after inhalation. The first book to completely cover this important environmental exposure, this valuable reference presents a systematic approach to disease pathology and offers revised terminology for diagnosis based on the latest information on cell reactions and the functioning of the immune system.

Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease

Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease
Author: Johanna Feary
Publisher: European Respiratory Society
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2020-11-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 184984125X

This Monograph provides the general respiratory physician with a working reference based on the latest literature and expert opinion. The initial chapter provides a contemporaneous global perspective of the epidemiology of occupational and environmental lung diseases in an ever-evolving landscape. The book then goes on to consider specific occupational lung diseases. Each chapters has a clear clinical focus and considers: key questions to ask in the history; appropriate investigations to undertake; differential diagnoses; and management. Controversies or diagnostic conundrums encountered in the clinic are also considered, and further chapters are more broadly centred on the non-workplace environment; specifically, the respiratory symptoms and diseases associated with both the outdoor and indoor environments.

Patty's Toxicology, 6 Volume Set

Patty's Toxicology, 6 Volume Set
Author: Eula Bingham
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 5872
Release: 2012-07-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0470410817

Featuring the improved format used in the 5th edition, this updated set presents, in logical groupings, comprehensive toxicological data for industrial compounds, including CAS numbers, physical and chemical properties, exposure limits, and biological tolerance values for occupational exposures, making it essential for toxicologists and industrial hygienists. This edition has about 40% new authors who have brought a new and international perspective to interpreting industrial toxicology, and discusses new subjects such as nanotechnology, flavorings and the food industry, reactive chemical control to comprehensive chemical policy, metalworking fluids, and pharmaceuticals.

Hunter's Diseases of Occupations

Hunter's Diseases of Occupations
Author: Peter Baxter
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1318
Release: 2010-10-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1444128434

Winner of the 2011 BMA book awards: medicine categoryIn the five decades since its first publication, Hunter's Diseases of Occupations has remained the pre-eminent text on diseases caused by work, universally recognized as the most authoritative source of information in the field. It is an important guide for doctors in all disciplines who may