Asbestos: Risk Assessment, Epidemiology, and Health Effects, Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9781138076709 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 680 str.

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Ronald F. Dodson, Samuel P. Hammar