Allergy and Immunotoxicology in Occupational Health - The Next Step

Takemi OtsukiDepartment of HygieneKawasaki Medical SchoolKurashiki, Okayama, Japantakemi@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp Mario Di Gioacchino Department of Medicine and Science of AgeingUniversity “Gabriele d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara Chieti, Italy mario.digioacchino@unich.it Claudia Petrarca Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine Head O.U. Allergy and Immunotoxicology & Occupational BiorepositoryDepartment of Medicine and Aging Sciences - CAST University "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara Via Luigi Polacchi, 11 66013 Chieti - Italy c.petrarca@unich.it

1 Mechanisms of action of inhaled particulates on allergic lung inflammation.- 2 Metal Nanoparticle Health Risk Assessment.- 3 Immune toxicity of and allergic responses to nanomaterials.- 4 Inflammation and environmental (ultrafine) nanoparticles.- 5 Monitoring Nanomaterials in the Workplace.- 6 immunotoxicicity of nanoparticles.- 7 Occupational Respiratory Allergic Diseases: Occupational Asthma.- 8 Occupational Respiratory Allergic Diseases: Occupational Rhinitis.- 9 Occupational Skin Diseases.- 10 Expanding concept of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a new view regarding how the immune system fights exogenous pathogens.- 11 Workplace Risk Assessment in Occupational Allergology.- 12 Pesticide and Immunotoxicology.- 13 Clinical evaluation of plasma decoy receptor 3 levels in silicosis.- 14 Reduction of anti-tumor immunity caused by asbestos exposure.