A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Huang, Yuh-Chin T. (Editor), Ghio, Andrew J. (Editor), Maier, Lisa A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2012.
• Series: Respiratory Medicine
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Internal Medicine.

A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases delivers a concise compendium to the diagnosis and management of occupational and environmental lung diseases, incorporating evidence-based guidelines where available. Each chapter provides an updated review and a practical approach to...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Perspective of Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease
• The Occupational and Environmental History
• Use of Laboratory Tests in Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
• Radiography and CT of Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
• Environmental and Occupational Causes of Asthma
• Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
• Air Pollution and Lung Diseases
• Unanswered questions regarding asbestos exposure – concerns for the next generation
• Pneumoconiosis in the 21st century
• Inhalation Injury
• Hard Metal Lung Disease
• Beryllium Disease
• Occupational Lung Cancer
• COPD in non-smokers
• Emerging Issues in Environmental and Occupational Lung Diseases
• Disability Assessment in Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
• Global Impact of Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases.