Principles and Practice of Environmental Medicine
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-306-42893-7 (ISBN)
I. Fundamentals of Environmental Medicine.- 1. Principles and Scope of Environmental Medicine.- II. Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and Physical Agents.- 2. Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution.- 3. Chemical Contaminants in Food.- 4. Water Pollution and Chemical Contamination in Drinking Water.- 5. Hazardous Wastes.- III. Body Defense Against Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and Physical Agents.- 6. The Skin.- 7. The Lung.- 8. The Gastrointestinal Tract.- 9. Detoxication Mechanisms and the Role of Nutrition.- 10. Immunologic Mechanisms and the Role of Nutrition.- IV. Clinical Considerations.- 11. The Occupational and Environmental Health History.- 12. Enhanced Susceptibility to Environmental Chemicals.- V. Disorders Associated with Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and Physical Agents.- 13. Disorders of the Nervous System.- 14. Neurobehavioral Disorders.- 15. Disorders of the Skin.- 16. Disorders of the Lungs.- 17. Disorders of the Heart and Blood Vessels.- 18. Disorders of the Digestive System.- 19. Disorders of the Liver.- 20. Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract.- 21. Disorders of the Hematopoietic System.- 22. Disorders of the Thyroid.- 23. Disorders of the Immune System.- 24. Disorders of the Female Reproductive System and Developmental Disorders.- 25. Disorders of the Male Reproductive System.- 26. The Role of Environmental Chemicals in Human Cancer Causation.- VI. Assessing Exposure to Environmental Chemicals.- 27. Environmental and Biological Monitoring.- VII. Controlling Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and Physical Agents.- 28. Personal Methods of Controlling Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution.- 29. Personal Methods of Controlling Exposure to Chemical Contaminants in Food.- 30. Personal Methods of Controlling Exposure to Chemical Contaminants in Drinking Water.- 31. Governmental Regulation of Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and Physical Agents.- VIII. Appendixes.- A. Selected Toxic Chemicals and Their Adverse Health Effects.- B. Selected Work-Related Diseases.- C. Selected Job Categories, Exposures, and Work-Related Diseases.- D. Information Resources in the Field of Environmental and Occupational Medicine.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.10.1992 |
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Zusatzinfo | XVI, 632 p. |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete | |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie | |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-306-42893-8 / 0306428938 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-306-42893-7 / 9780306428937 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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