Asthma in the Workplace

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

Asthma can be caused and aggravated by occupational factors in working adults. Agents that are responsible for occupational asthma are either sensitizers or irritants. Prevention is important to reduce the impact of the disease. This new edition of Asthma in the Workplace focuses on recent developments that are reflected by an impressive addition to the scientific literature. This fifth edition retains key elements that have made the success of previous editions: worldwide contributors, variety of topics covered, presentation of key aspects using workplace scenarios and case histories. This new comprehensive edition is intended to be of interest for health professionals, researchers, students, practitioners and various professionals involved in the assessment and management of workers exposed to occupational factors that may cause or exacerbate asthma. Key Features Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of work-related asthma, including historical aspects, epidemiology and risk factors, mechanisms and genetics, other types of work-related asthma conditions and variants, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, occupational urticaria and dermatitis Assessment of the worker and workplace along with management of the worker, prevention and medicolegal aspects Detailed information about specific agents, including a variety of high-molecular-weight and low-molecular-weight agents

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-09-13
Mått:210 x 280 x 25 mm
Vikt:1 079 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:356
Upplaga:5
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367430092

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Mer om författaren

Susan M. Tarlo, Professor of Medicine, University Health Network and St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOlivier Vandenplas, Professor of Medicine, Head Department of Chest Medicine, Centre hospitalier Universitaire UCL Namur, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, BelgiumDavid I. Bernstein, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Division of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USAJean-Luc Malo, Professor of Medicine (retired), Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal and Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsPart I : Introduction1. Definition and classification of asthma in the workplace2. Historical aspects of occupational asthma3. Disease occurrence and risk factors4. Mechanisms, genetics, and pathophysiologyPart II : Assessment5. Assessment of the worker6. Assessment of the workplace7. Immunological and inflammatory assessments8. Functional assessmentPart III : Management9. Management of the worker10. Prevention11A. Impairment and disability evaluations: I. Psychosocial, economic, and medicolegal aspects11B. Impairment and disability evaluation: II. Various legislationsPart IV : Specific agents causing immunological occupational asthma12. Occupational asthma in the baking industry13. Asthma and allergy to animals, fish and shellfish14. Polyisocyanates and their prepolymers15. Western red cedar and other wood dusts16. Metals17. Cleaning agents18. Various high- and low-molecular weight agentsPart V : Specific disease entities and variants 19. Irritant-induced asthma and reactive airways dysfunction syndrome20. Asthma exacerbated at work21. Eosinophilic bronchitis22. Occupational rhinitis23. Airway diseases due to organic dust exposure24. Occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis and organic dust toxic syndrome25. Chronic obstructive airway disease due to occupational exposure26. Building-related illnesses and mold-related conditions27. Occupational urticaria and allergic contact dermatitis