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Document ID (ISN)53106
CIS number 90-135
ISBN(s) 0-340-38996-6
Year 1987
Convention or series no.
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
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Viral diseases (other than aids)