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Occupational lung disorders / [edited by] W. Raymond Parkes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Butterworth Heinemann, 1994.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xix,892pISBN:
  • 9780750614030 :
  • 075061403X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.244 PAR
Contents:
1.Morphology of the respiratory tract. W. Raymond Parkes -- 2.Physiological principles. D. M. Denison -- 3.Aerosols: their deposition and clearance. W. Raymond Parkes -- 4.Basic immunology and immunopathology. Patricia L. Haslam -- 5.Pathogenesis of mineral pneumoconioses. A. G. Heppleson -- 6.Clinical considerations. W. Raymond Parkes -- 7.Imaging in occupational disease of the lung. Peter M. Bretland and W. Raymond Parkes -- 8.Epidemiology. Katherine M. Venables -- 9.Chronic bronchitis, airflow obstruction and emphysema. W. Raymond -- 10.Bronchitis, airways' obstruction and occupation. W. K. C. Morgan -- 11.Non-fibrogenic ('inert') minerals and pneumocniosis. W. Raymond Parkes -- 12.Silicosis and related diseases. Hans Weill, Robert N. Jones and W. Raymond Parkes -- 13.Pneumoconiosis associated with coal and other carbonaeous materials. W. Raymond Parkes -- 14.Asbestos-related disorders. Kevin Browne -- 15.An approach to the differential diagnosis of asbestosis and non-occupational diffuse inter-stitial pulmonary fibrosis. W. Raymond Parkes -- 16.Disease related to non-asbestos silicates. Robert N. Jones, Hans Will and W. Raymond Parkes -- 8.Non-reoplastic disorders due to metallic, chemical and physical agents. H. A. Waldon -- 19.Lung cancer. J. M. Harrington and L. S. Levy -- 20.Extrinsic allergic bronchioloalveolitis (hypersensitivity pneumonia). C. A. Pickering and Anthony J. Newman Taylor -- 21.Occupational asthma and byssinosis. Anthony J. Newman Taylor and C. A. C. Pickering -- 22.Infectious diseases and zoonoses . Mark Woodhead -- 23.Disorders caused by other organic agents. Mark Woodhead and W. Raymond Parkes -- 24.The lungs in aerospace and at high altitude. John Ernstin and J. A. C. Hopkirk -- 25.The lungs and diving. Ramsay R. Pearson.
Summary: Takes into account the advances have been made in the study and treatment of many occupational diseases of the lung since the second edition. Many of the original chapters have been extensively updated and several major topics are now covered, such as asbestosis, the asthmas, occupational cancers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Morphology of the respiratory tract. W. Raymond Parkes -- 2.Physiological principles. D. M. Denison -- 3.Aerosols: their deposition and clearance. W. Raymond Parkes -- 4.Basic immunology and immunopathology. Patricia L. Haslam -- 5.Pathogenesis of mineral pneumoconioses. A. G. Heppleson -- 6.Clinical considerations. W. Raymond Parkes -- 7.Imaging in occupational disease of the lung. Peter M. Bretland and W. Raymond Parkes -- 8.Epidemiology. Katherine M. Venables -- 9.Chronic bronchitis, airflow obstruction and emphysema. W. Raymond -- 10.Bronchitis, airways' obstruction and occupation. W. K. C. Morgan -- 11.Non-fibrogenic ('inert') minerals and pneumocniosis. W. Raymond Parkes -- 12.Silicosis and related diseases. Hans Weill, Robert N. Jones and W. Raymond Parkes -- 13.Pneumoconiosis associated with coal and other carbonaeous materials. W. Raymond Parkes -- 14.Asbestos-related disorders. Kevin Browne -- 15.An approach to the differential diagnosis of asbestosis and non-occupational diffuse inter-stitial pulmonary fibrosis. W. Raymond Parkes -- 16.Disease related to non-asbestos silicates. Robert N. Jones, Hans Will and W. Raymond Parkes -- 8.Non-reoplastic disorders due to metallic, chemical and physical agents. H. A. Waldon -- 19.Lung cancer. J. M. Harrington and L. S. Levy -- 20.Extrinsic allergic bronchioloalveolitis (hypersensitivity pneumonia). C. A. Pickering and Anthony J. Newman Taylor -- 21.Occupational asthma and byssinosis. Anthony J. Newman Taylor and C. A. C. Pickering -- 22.Infectious diseases and zoonoses . Mark Woodhead -- 23.Disorders caused by other organic agents. Mark Woodhead and W. Raymond Parkes -- 24.The lungs in aerospace and at high altitude. John Ernstin and J. A. C. Hopkirk -- 25.The lungs and diving. Ramsay R. Pearson.

Takes into account the advances have been made in the study and treatment of many occupational diseases of the lung since the second edition. Many of the original chapters have been extensively updated and several major topics are now covered, such as asbestosis, the asthmas, occupational cancers.

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