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CISDOC database
Document ID (ISN) | 53106 |
CIS number |
90-135 |
ISBN(s) |
0-340-38996-6 |
Year |
1987 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Raffle P.A.B., Lee W.R., McCallum R.I., Murray R. |
Title |
Hunter's diseases of occupations |
Bibliographic information |
Edward Arnold Publishers, 41 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DQ, United Kingdom, 1987. 1024p. Bibl. Index. Price: GBP 95.00. |
Abstract |
This book written for clinicians who need information on the investigation and diagnosis of possible occupational diseases and to advise their patients on their future work is the prime source of clinical information about the effects of materials and processes in modern industry. Contents: history (man and his work, the industrial revolution, health of the worker in the twentieth centry), occupational history taking, diseases associated with chemical agents (metals, aromatic and aliphatic compounds, gases), diseases associated with physical agents (sound, infrasound and ultrasound; vibration; cold and heat; increased barometric pressure; reduced barometric pressure; ionising radiation; non-ionising radiation; extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields; inorganic dusts; organic dusts), diseases associated with microbiological agents, occupational cancer, occupational asthma, occupational diseases of the skin, reproduction and work. |
Descriptors (primary) |
occupational medicine; occupational diseases |
Descriptors (secondary) |
ionizing radiation; neoplasms; vibration; non-ionizing radiation; infectious diseases; asthma; virus diseases; infectious hepatitis; skin diseases; organic dust; immunodeficiency syndrome; chemical hazards; health hazards; biological hazards; history; physical hazards; mineral dust |
Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Bacterial and parasitic diseases Viral diseases (other than aids)
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