Ragnar Rylander, Robert R Jacobs

Organic Dusts Exposure, Effects, and Prevention

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Organic dusts are particles of vegetable, animal, and microbial origin and are found in a wide range of occupational and general environments

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780873716994
• ISBN-10: 087371699X
• Artikelnr.: 21114379

Autorenporträt

Ragnar Rylander, Robert R. Jacobs

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Characteristics: Risk Environments. Microorganisms in Organic
Dusts. Specific Biogenic Agents: Proteins. Tannins. Endotoxins. Proteases.
(1Æ3)-b-D-Glucans. Mycotoxins. Disease Mechanisms: Cell Reactions. Allergic
Reactions. The Clinical Panorama. Exposure Assessment. Diseases: Mortality
and Morbidity. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis. Occupational Asthma. Special
Environments: Cotton Dust. Grain Dust. Swine Confinement Buildings. Wood
Processing. Office and Domestic Environments. Waste Handling. Prevention:
Strategies for Worker Protection. Agricultural Preventive Occupational
Health Care Systems. The Future. Index.