Dorsett D Smith

The Health Effects of Asbestos

An Evidence-Based Approach

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The health-related effects of asbestos have long been mired in controversy, with industry and plaintiff attorneys playing a significant role. This comprehensive book provides a balanced and extensive evidence-based critical analysis of the literature concerning asbestos-related diseases, from a scientific and historical perspective. The book presents a carefully referenced review of the medical literature on the health effects of asbestos, and reflects the extensive experience of the author in evaluating patients with asbestos-related disorders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 381
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781498728386
• ISBN-10: 1498728383
• Artikelnr.: 43021379

Autorenporträt

Dorsett D. Smith, MD, FCCP, FACP, FACOEM, clinical professor of medicine, Division of Respiratory Diseases and Critical Care, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, USA

Inhaltsangabe

How to Critically Read and Find Truth in the Medical Scientific Literature.
Limitations of Epidemiologic Exposure Studies on the Health. Clinical
Toxicology of Asbestos. History of Asbestos Commercial Use and Discovery of
Adverse Health Effects: Asbestosis. What Is Asbestosis and What Is Not:
Radiology and Pathology Correlates the Association of Lung Cancer and
Asbestosis. The Effect of Smoking and Lung Cancer. Asbestos-Related Pleural
Disease. Disability and Impairment in Asbestosis and Asbestos-Related
Diffuse Pleural Disease. The Evolution of Workers' Compensation and
Employer Responsibility. Does Asbestos Cause Additional Malignancies Other
than Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma? Asbestos Exposure and Mesothelioma. The
Many Causes of Mesothelioma. Other Causes of Mesothelioma Not Related to
Asbestiform Mineral Fibers. Mesothelioma and Asbestos Fiber Type.
Chrysotile and Mesothelioma. The Tremolite Hypothesis. Mesothelioma Latency
and Risk Risk Modeling. Household and Neighborhood Exposure to Asbestos.
What Did Asbestos Pipe insulation Manufacturers and the U.S. Navy
Understand About the Risk to Manufacturing Employees and End Users? The
intervention of Government to Provide Safety Standards NIOSH/ACGIH
Standards. Is there a Safe Or Risk-Free Level of Asbestos Exposure? How Do
We Define Risk?