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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131331503321

Titolo

Hamilton & Hardy's industrial toxicology / / edited by Raymond D. Harbison, Marie M. Bourgeois, and Giffe T. Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-5231-1459-2

1-118-83409-7

1-118-83401-1

1-118-83421-6

Edizione

[Sixth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1367 p.)

Disciplina

615.902

Soggetti

Industrial toxicology

Hazardous substances - Toxicology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Hamilton & Hardy's Industrial Toxicology; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; The Heritage of Alice Hamilton, M.D. and Harriet Hardy, M.D.; In Memory; Preface; Section I: Introduction; 1. The Modern Approach to the Diagnosis of Occupational Disease; BACKGROUND; COMPONENTS OF THE DIAGNOSIS; The History of Illness; The Physical and Laboratory Examinations; Use of Toxicology, Risk Assessment, and Risk Characterization Information; Exposure and Dose; Duration of Exposure; Type of Contact; Level of Exposure; Environmental Exposure; DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; Causal Inference

Epidemiology and Statistical ConsiderationsREGULATORY INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; REFERENCES; 2: Controls of Occupational Diseases; BACKGROUND, SCOPE, AND PURPOSE; REGULATING BODIES AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; ROLE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; CONTEMPORARY STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING EXPOSURES AND DISEASES; CONCLUSIONS; FURTHER READING; Section II: Metals and Metalloids; 3. Introduction; REFERENCES; 4: Alkali Compounds; BACKGROUND AND



USES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE AND BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; AMMONIA

BACKGROUND AND USESPHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; MAMMALIAN TOXICOLOGY; Acute Effects; Chronic Effects; DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT; SOURCES OF EXPOSURE; Occupational; REFERENCES; LIME (CALCIUM OXIDE;  CALCIUM HYDROXIDE); BACKGROUND AND USES; MAMMALIAN TOXICOLOGY; Acute Effects; Chronic Effects; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; REFERENCES; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; BACKGROUND AND USES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; TOXICOLOGY; Acute Effects; Chronic Effects; Chemical Pathology; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; REFERENCES; 5: Aluminum; BACKGROUND AND USES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; MAMMALIAN TOXICOLOGY

Acute EffectsChronic Effects; Mechanism of Action(s); Chemical Pathology; SOURCES OF EXPOSURE; Occupational; Environmental; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; REFERENCES; 6: Antimony; BACKGROUND AND USES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE AND BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MAMMALIAN TOXICOLOGY; Acute Effects; Chronic Effects; Mechanism of Action(s); SOURCES OF EXPOSURE; Occupational; Environmental; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; REFERENCES; 7: Arsenic; BACKGROUND AND USES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; MAMMALIAN TOXICOLOGY; Acute Effects; Arsine

OrganoarsenicalsChronic Effects and Cancer; Arsine; Organoarsenicals; Mechanism of Action(s); Chemical Pathology; SOURCES OF EXPOSURE; Occupational; Environmental; Environmental Fate and Bioaccumulation; Organoarsenicals; Ecotoxicology; Acute Effects and Chronic Effects; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; RISK ASSESSMENTS; U.S. EPA; Inorganic Arsenic; Arsine; Organoarsenicals; ATSDR; RIVM; Other Standard Regulations and Guidelines; WHO; Cal EPA; REFERENCES; 8: Barium; BACKGROUND AND USES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE AND BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MAMMALIAN TOXICOLOGY

Acute Effects

Sommario/riassunto

"This book provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of industrial toxicology, employing a succinct chapter format that has become the hallmark for the previous editions of Hamilton & Hardy's Industrial Toxicology"--Provided by publisher.