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A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases

Part of the Respiratory Medicine Book Series

Editors: Huang, Yuh-Chin T.; Ghio, Andrew J.; Maier, Lisa A.

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-149-3

ISBN: 978-1-62703-148-6

Publisher: Humana Press - Springer Journals

Sep 19, 2012

1 - 10 of 17 Chapters

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Chapter 1Historical Perspective of Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease

Blanc, Paul David

Pages: 1 –26

[Occupational and environmental lung disease has a long and complicated history. A more complete grasp of that history, and particularly the technological and social forces that have shaped it, better informs our understanding these issues, past, present, and going forward. Whenever a disease...
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Chapter 2The Occupational and Environmental History

Mohr, Lawrence C.

Pages: 27 –39

[The occupational and environmental history is fundamentally important to making the correct and timely diagnosis of any illness that may have resulted from a toxic exposure in the workplace, the household, or the general environment. In interviewing the patient with a potential occupational or...
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Chapter 3Use of Laboratory Tests in Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases

Malo, Jean-Luc

Pages: 41 –57

[This article reviews and comments various laboratory tests that are commonly used in the investigation and assessment of environmental and occupational lung diseases affecting both the lung parenchyma per se as well as the airways and caused by exposure to various organic and inorganic...
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Chapter 4Radiography and CT of Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases

Goodman, Philip C.

Pages: 59 –92

[This chapter addresses the imaging of the more common pneumoconioses and hypersensitivity pneumonitis and offers a brief description of the International Labour Office (ILO) International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumonoconioses. The imaging abnormalities of this group of diseases vary...
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Chapter 5Environmental and Occupational Causes of Asthma

Ribeiro, Marcos; Tarlo, Susan M.

Pages: 93 –112

[Airborne allergens are one of the major causes of asthma. People living in urban areas more frequently experience allergic respiratory symptoms than those living in rural areas. Seasonal exposure to outdoor allergens, (pollens, and molds) is an important cause. Identification and reduction of...
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Chapter 6Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Ho, Lawrence; Kuschner, Ware G.

Pages: 113 –132

[Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a complex pulmonary disease caused by an immune reaction after respiratory exposure to a wide range of antigens including microbial, plant/animal protein, and low molecular weight chemicals. The diagnosis of HP is difficult and the disease likely remains...
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Chapter 7Air Pollution and Lung Diseases

Huang, Yuh-Chin T.; Volker, Ellen

Pages: 133 –151

[Epidemiological studies continue to show associations between adverse health effects and outdoor air pollution despite tighter regulation in recent years. These adverse effects occur at levels of pollutants much lower than those encountered in earlier air pollution disasters and, in some...
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Chapter 8Unanswered Questions Regarding Asbestos Exposure: Concerns for the Next Generation

Banks, Daniel E.

Pages: 153 –169

[Despite the numerous manuscripts published on the respiratory health effects of asbestos over the past 50 years, there are a number of clinically relevant issues that remain unresolved. In this report, the author addresses aspects of pleural disease, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, and...
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Chapter 9Pneumoconiosis in the Twenty-First Century

Ghio, Andrew J.

Pages: 171 –187

[While defined pathologically, it is uncommon that the diagnosis of pneumoconiosis necessitates tissue biopsy. The approach initially used by physicians for diagnosis of asbestosis has been extrapolated to all pneumoconioses. This requires meeting criteria of (1) evidence of structural pathology...
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Chapter 10Inhalation Injury

Prezant, David J.; Smith, Dorsett D.; Mohr, Lawrence C.

Pages: 189 –216

[Chemicals with potential toxicity are regularly used and produced in a variety of industrial processes. Individuals may suffer inhalation exposures to potentially toxic gases in the workplace, the general environment, including the home or as smoke inhalation during a fire, or as weapons of mass...

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