Asthma in the Workplace

by Bernstein, I. Leonard; Chan-Yeung, Moira; Malo, Jea-Luc; Bernstein, David I.

• ISBN13: 9780824787998
• ISBN10: 0824787994
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-01-01
• Publisher: Marcel Dekker Inc

Table of Contents

Preface
Aknowledgments
Contributors
General Considerations
Definition and Classification of Asthma	p. 1
Historical Aspects of Occupational Asthma	p. 5
Epidemiology: Prevalence and Determinants	p. 29
Pathophysiology of Occupational Asthma	p. 61
Animal Models of Occupational Asthma	p. 93
Clinical Assessment and Management of Occupational Asthma	p. 103
Immunologic Evaluation of Occupational Asthma	p. 125
Population Surveys of Occupational Asthma	p. 145
Physiologic Assessment of Occupational Asthma	p. 171
Nonspecific Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness	p. 189
Occupational Challenge Tests	p. 215
Environmental Monitoring of Protein Aeroallergens	p. 249
Environmental Monitoring of Chemical Agents	p. 277
Natural History of Occupational Asthma	p. 299
Medicolegal and Compensation Aspects	p. 323
Evaluation of Impairment/Disability in Subjects with Occupational Asthma	p. 341
Surveillance and Prevention	p. 359
Specific Disease Entities
High Molecular Weight Agents	p. 373
Laboratory Animal and Insect Allergy	p. 399
Polyisocyanates and Their Prepolymers	p. 415
Acid Anhydrides	p. 439
Metals	p. 459
Other Chemical Substances Causing Occupational Asthma	p. 481
Western Red Cedar and Other Wood Dusts	p. 503
Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome or Irritant-Induced Asthma	p. 533
Cotton and Other Textile Dusts	p. 551
Grain Dust-Induced Lung Diseases	p. 577
Compendiums
Table of the Major Inducers of Occupational Asthma	p. 595
Bibliographic Data Base	p. 625
The United States National Exposure Survey (NOES) Data Base	p. 627
The Telematic Information Service (MINITEL) on Occupational Asthma in France	p. 635
Index	p. 639
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