Research Catalog

Title

Environmental and occupational medicine / edited by William N. Rom ; associate editor, Steven B. Markowitz.

Publication

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2007], ©2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rom, William N.
• Markowitz, Steven (Steven B.)

Description

xxxi, 1884 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Uniform Title

Environmental & occupational medicine.

Subjects

• Environmental Medicine
• Occupational Medicine
• Environmental health
• Environmental toxicology
• Medicine, Industrial

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Environmental & occupational medicine.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

• 1. The discipline of environmental and occupational medicine / William N. Rom -- 2. The role of surveillance in occupational health / Steven B. Markowitz -- 3. The occupational and environmental history and examination / John E. Parker -- 4. Epidemiology of occupational diseases / Gary M. Marsh -- 5. Occupational biostatistics / Howard E. Rockette -- 6. Impairment, disability, and functional capacity / William W. Greaves and Alan L. Engelberg -- 7. Molecular biology / John G. Hay -- 8. TP53 tumor suppressor gene : at the crossroads of the cellular-stress response pathway and molecular carcinogenesis / S. Perwez Hussain and Curtis C. Harris -- 9. Biomarkers / Karl E. Krueger and Sudhir Srivastava -- 10. Genetic susceptibility / Chu-Ling Yu and David C. Christiani -- 11. Environmental metagenesis / C. Stuart Baxter -- 12. Evaluation of occupational exposures and effects on male and female reproduction / Susan R. Reutman and Grace K. LeMasters -- 13. Particle deposition and pulmonary defense mechanisms / Morton Lippmann and Lung-Chi Chen -- 14. Lung immune defenses against environmental agents / Lester Kobzik -- 15. Pulmonary function testing / Stuart M. Garay -- 16. Imaging of pneumoconiosis / David A. Lynch -- 17. Molecular mechanisms of particle-induced lung disease / Gilbert F. Morris and Arnold R. Brody -- 18. Analysis of fibrous and nonfibrous particles / Jerrold L. Abraham -- 19. Asbestosis, pleural fibrosis, and lung cancer / William N. Rom -- 20. Malignant mesothelioma / Delia Nelson, Cleo Robinson, Melissa A. Dunham and Bruce Robinson -- 21. Man-made vitreous fibers, vermiculite, and zeolite / James E. Lockey, Vikas Kapil and Nancy K. Wiese -- 22. Respiratory disease in coal miners / Michael D. Aufield, Vincent Castranova and Gregory R. Wagner -- 23. The health effects of silica exposure / Ahmad S. Jalloul and Daniel E. Banks -- 24. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis / Yvon Cormier and Yves Lacasse -- 25. Inhalation fever / Paul David Bianc -- 26. Occupational and environmental asthma / Stuart M. Brooks, Thomas Truncale and James McCluskey -- 27. Environment, genes, and immune mechanisms in asthma / Joan Reibman, Linda Rogers and Maria Elena Fernandez-Beros -- 28. Firefighters' health and health effects of the World Trade Center collapse / Michael D. Weiden, Gisela Banauch, Kerry J. Kelly and David J. Prezant -- 29. International byssinosis / Denise J. Harrison -- 30. Isocyanate exposures and health effects / Carrie A. Redlich, Dhimiter Bello and Adam V. Wisnewski -- 31. Occupational exposures as a cause of chronic airways disease / John R. Balmes -- 32. Lung diseases associated with silicates and other dusts / Vinicius Cavalcanti dos Santos Antao, Germania A. Pinheiro and John E. Parker -- 33. Respiratory tract irritants / Tee L. Guidotti -- 34. Simple asphyxiants / Marc Wilkenfeld -- 35. Chemical asphyxiants / William S. Beckett -- 36. Agricultural dust-induced lung disease / M. Brian Hartz, Nancy L. Sprince and Joel N. Kline -- 37. Upper airway disorders / Rebecca Bascom and Marina Y. Dolina -- 38. Occupational skin disease / David E. Cohen and Megan M. Moore -- 39. Toxic peripheral neuropathy / Margit L. Bleecker -- 40. Human behavioral neurotoxicology : workplace and community assessments / W. Kent Anger, Diane S. Rohlman and Daniel Storzbach -- 41. Occupational heart disease / Kenneth D. Rosenman -- 42. Occupational eye disorders / Jason A. Goldsmith, Norman A. Zabriskie and Randall J. Olson -- 43. Occupational infections / Kevin D. Dieckhaus -- 44. Terrorism preparedness / Howard A. Greller and Lewis Goldfrank -- 45. Human immunodeficiency virus in the workplace / Anita Shet, Andrea Low, Saurabh Mehandru and Martin Markowitz -- 46. The occupational risk of tuberculosis care / Tara N. Palmore and Kent A. Sepkowitz -- 47. Hematologic effects of occupational hazards / John H. Ward -- 48. Toxic liver disorders / Denise Johnson and John D. Groopman -- 49. Environmental and occupational causes of toxic injury to the kidneys and urinary tract / Eric Murunga and Edward T. Zawada, Jr. -- 50. Occupational bladder cancer / Steven B. Markowitz -- 51. Psychiatric syndromes common to the workplace / Robert C. Larsen -- 52. Alcohol and drug abuse in industry / Kent W. Peterson and Donna R. Smith -- 53. Psychological job stress / Joseph J. Hurrell, Jr. and E. Kevin Kelloway -- 54. Multiple chemical sensitivity / Alan M. Ducatman -- 55. Gulf war illness / Howard M. Kipen and Melissa McDiarmid -- 56. Occupational safety and human factors / Howard M. Sandler -- 57. Ergonomics and occupational biomechanics / Manny Halpern -- 58. Nonspecific low back pain / Rudi Heibert, Sherri Weiser, Marco Campello and Margareta Nordin -- 59. Carpal tunnel syndrome / Owen Kieran and Shailaja Kalva -- 60. Toxicogenomics and exposure assessment / Brenda K. Weis, Bennett Van Houten, Gilbert S. Omenn and Samuel H. Wilson -- 61. Occupational and environmental exposure to lead / Alf Fischbein and Howard Hu -- 62. Mercury / Lynn Goldman -- 63. Cadmium / Dominique F. Lison and Violaine Verougstraete -- 64. Arsenic / Toby G. Rossman -- 65. Beryllium disease / Lisa A. Maier, Carol Gunn and Lee S. Newman -- 66. Hard metal disease / Dominique F. Lison -- 67. Chromium compounds / Mitchell D. Cohen and Max Costa -- 68. Nickel compounds / Mitchell D. Cohen, Catherine Klein and Max Costa -- 69. Metal compounds and rare earths / Emily F. Madden and Bruce A. Fowler -- 70. Organic solvents and fuels / Nancy L. Fiedler and Steven Lerman -- 71. Benzene / Philip J. Landrigan -- 72. Formaldehyde / Dean B. Baker -- 73. Ethylene oxide / Anthony D. LaMontagne, N. Kyle Steenland and Karl T. Kelsey -- 74. Pesticides / Marc B. Schenker, Steven R. Offerman and Timothy E. Albertson -- 75. Health effects of agent orange, other military herbicides, and dioxins / Jeanne M. Stellman and Steven D. Stellman -- 76. Pentachlorophenol and terachlorophenol / Glenys M. Webster, Shona J. Kelly and Kay Teschke -- 77. Polychlorinated biphenyls / Stephen H. Safe -- 78. Trimellitic anhydride and other acid anhydrides / Leslie C. Grammer and Kathleen E. Harris -- 79. Carbon disulfide / Stephen M. Levin and Ruth Lilis -- 80. N-nitrosamines / Stephen S. Hecht -- 81. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and petroleum industry / Steven D. Stellman and Tee L. Guidotti -- 82. Occupational hazards in the microelectronics industry / Joseph LaDou -- 83. Radiation carcinogenesis : mechanisms of induction / Frederic J. Burns, Jonathan M. Samet, Toby G. Rossman, Ronghe Zhang, Feng Wu, Ahmed N. Uddin and Roy E. Shore -- 84. Nonionizing radiation / W. Gregory Lotz -- 85. Occupational exposure to noise / John D. Meyer and Robert J. McCunney -- 86. Dysbarism / Rafael E. de la Hoz and Bruce P. Krieger -- 87. High-altitude illnesses / William N. Rom -- 88. Thermal extremes in the work environment / Kathleen A. Delaney and Lewis R. Goldfrank -- 89. Occupational exposure to vibration / Donald E. Wasserman and Jack F. Wasserman -- 90. Shift work and long work hours / Claire Caruso and Roger R. Rosa -- 91. Sleep disorders and work / Joyce A. Walsleben, Edward B. O'Malley and David M. Rapoport -- 92. Sick building syndrome and building-related illness / Kathleen Kreiss -- 93. Air pollution : outdoor and indoor sources / George D. Thurston and Lance A. Wallace -- 94. Air pollution : epidemiology / Jonathan M. Samet and Michelle L. Bell -- 95. Air pollution : human clinical studies / Robert B. Devlin and Donald W. Graff -- 96. Air pollution : toxicological studies / Terry Gordon and Jonathan Fine -- 97. Ozone / Morton Lippmann -- 98. Nitrogen oxides / Richard B. Schlesinger -- 99. Sulfur dioxide / Mark W. Frampton and Mark J. Utell -- 100. Particulate matter / Sverre Vedal and Jeffrey H. Sullivan --
• 101. Acid rain / Kathleen C. Weathers, Gene E. Likens and Thomas J. Butler -- 102. Cigarette smoking / Stephen S. Hecht and Jonathan M. Samet -- 103. Bioaccumulation and toxicities of aromatic hydrocarbon contaminants in the Hudson River ecosystem / Isaac J. Wirgin and John Waldman -- 104. The built environment / Howard Frumkin -- 105. Biologic and medical implications of global warming / Paul R. Epstein and Alexander Leaf -- 106. Chlorofluorocarbons and destruction of the ozone layer / Mario J. Molina and Luisa T. Molina -- 107. Environmental law and policy / Jeffrey G. Miller and William N. Rom -- 108. The clean air act / Daniel Greenbaum -- 109. Occupational safety and health administration and the national institute for occupational safety and health / John Howard -- 110. United States environmental protection agency / Kathleen C. Callahan, Tamara Cardona-Marek, William Farland, Mark Maddaloni and Dennis Santella -- 111. Environmental health at the centers for disease control and prevention and the agency for toxic substances and disease registry / Thomas H. Sinks and Henry Falk -- 112. Risk assessment and economic evaluation / James K. Hammitt -- 113. Workers' compensation / Nicholas A. Ashford -- 114. International occupational and environmental health / Joseph LaDou -- 115. Children's environmental health research / Frederica P. Perera and Sheila Viswanathan -- 116. Disparities in environmental and occupational health / George Friedman-Jimenez and Luz Claudio -- 117. Industrial hygiene measurement and control / Beverly S. Cohen -- 118. Respirators / Philip Harber -- 119. The occupational health service / Oyebode A. Taiwo and Peter M. Rabinowitz -- 120. Moral questions of occupational and environmental medicine / Sheldon W. Samuels -- 121. New frontiers in environmental health research / David A. Schwartz, Brenda K. Weis and Samuel H. Wilson.

ISBN

• 0781762995
• 9780781762991

LCCN

2006030425

OCLC

• ocm71328382
• 71328382
• SCSB-8857443

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries