Silicosis and smoking: intrinsic phenomenon in the respiratory system

ISBN-13: 9786139449965 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 240 str.

Diemen Delgado; Oscar Ramirez; Nayab Sultan

Opis

Silicosis has long been considered as an occupational disease. They have made great efforts to research, primary prevention and medical treatment of this occupational disease. But doctors and hygienists report that the problem is still present, both in the industrialized countries and in the industrialization pathways. This book will enable readers to learn more about the intrinsic phenomena generated by exposure to silica and smoke snuff at the level of the respiratory system. This work stresses which are the physicochemical characteristics of the silica particle, biological mechanisms inducing fundamental lesions and the development of silicosis. It also covers the permissiveness and restricting exposure to smoke snuff, the determinants of risk for developing lung cancer, the effects of job relocation. The author concludes on the need to identify genetic determinants in the development of silicosis and the use of psychotherapeutic components for smoking cessation.

O autorze

Delgado, Diemen
Diemen Delgado García MD. MPH. Ph.D:Medical surgeon graduated with honors in the Faculty of Medicine of the Laica Eloy Alfaro University of Manabi, Ecuador. Specialization in Public Health at the University of Chile, Chile. Master in Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Airway Diseases by the Catholic University of Murcia, Spain.