Asbestos (eBook, PDF)

Risk Assessment, Epidemiology, and Health Effects, Second Edition
Redaktion: Dodson, Ronald F.; Hammar, Samuel P.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This second edition of a bestseller provides an updated interdisciplinary text on the rapidly evolving information regarding asbestos and human health. It explores the pathological complexities of asbestos-related disease and examines how asbestos induces diseases in biological systems. The book also discusses the types of instruments and methods available for evaluation of the content of asbestiform minerals in products, air, water, surface areas, and tissue. It explains the relevance of each of these applications and gives readers the tools to evaluate data in the future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 680
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439809716
• Artikelnr.: 57534094

Autorenporträt

Ronald F. Dodson, Samuel P. Hammar

Inhaltsangabe

The History of Asbestos Utilization and Recognition of Asbestos-Induced
Diseases. Asbestos Analysis Methods. Analysis and Relevance of Asbestos
Burden in Tissue. The Molecular Pathogenesis of Asbestos-Related Disorders.
Epidemiology of Asbestos-Related Diseases and the Knowledge that Led to
What is Known Today. Asbestos and Carcinoma of the Lung. Asbestos and
Mesothelioma. Asbestos and Other Cancers: Pseudomesotheliomatous Lung
Carcinoma, Laryngeal Carcinoma, Gastrointestinal Carcinoma, Ovarian
Carcinoma, Kidney Cancer, Lymphomas, Systemic Carcinogen. Asbestosis.
Asbestos-Induced Pleural Disease. Uncommon Non-Malignant Asbestos-Induced
Conditions: Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonitis; Localized Masses -
Asbestomas, Bronchilitis Obliterans-Organizing Pneumonia Type Change
(BOOP); Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonitis (DIP); Aspergillus-Induced
Lung Changes; and Granulomatous Inflammatory Changes. Clinical Diagnosis
and Management of Non-Malignant Asbestos-Related Diseases. Malignant
Diseases Attributed to Asbestos Exposure. Core Curriculum for Practicing
Physicians Related to Asbestos. Asbestos Regulations and Their
Applications.