Title | Principles and Practice of Environmental Medicine [electronic resource] / edited by Alyce Bezman Tarcher |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1992 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2447-6 |
Descript | XVI, 632 p. online resource |
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