Environmental medicine / / [edited by] Jon G. Ayres ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: London, : Hodder Arnold, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (700 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.98
• Soggetto topico: Environmentally induced diseases - Diagnosis; Environmentally induced diseases - Treatment
• Altri autori: AyresJ. G
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Contributors; Preface; PART 1: BACKGROUND TO ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE; 1. Environmental medicine in context; PART 2: METHODOLOGY; 2. Epidemiological methods for attributing illness; 3. The surveillance and monitoring of diseases and agents; 4. Hazard and risk: assessment and management; 5. Chemical exposure assessment; 6a. Mapping out the causes of infectious diseases: a case study on the multiple factors involved in Salmonella Enteritidis infections; 6b. Mapping the causes and transmission routes of chemicals; 7. Measuring the atmosphere ; 8. Measuring the water and soil environmentsPART 3: HEALTH EFFECTS; Section A: Diseases from respiratory exposure to non-infectious agents; 9. Deposition, absorption and mechanisms of action of gases and particles in the lung; 10. Health effects of air pollution: acute and chronic; 11. Point sources; 12. Volcanoes; 13. Environmental allergens; 14. Indoor air pollution in developed countries; 15. Indoor air pollution in developing countries; Section B: Respiratory diseases from infectious agents; 16. Nosocomial transmission and control of SARS; 17. Epidemic and pandemic influenza ; 18. Legionnaires' disease19. Aspergillosis, mucormycosis, cryptococcosis, coccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis; 20. Diseases of air travel; 21. Environmental mycobacteria; Section C: Diseases related to exposure to non-infectious material; 22. Chemical transmission through the food chain; 23. Biotoxins and xenobiotics; 24. Drinking water safety and standards for drinking water; 25. Pesticides: herbicides, insecticides and rodenticides; 26. Lead; 27. Cadmium; 28. Arsenic; 29. Fluorine; 30. Toxicity of ingested radionuclides; Section D: Diseases related to the ingestion of infectious agents ; 31. The sources and environmental origins of gastrointestinal pathogens32. The causes of waterborne disease; 33. Cholera; 34. Human health risks from toxic cyanobacteria, dinoflagellates and diatoms; 35. Enteric viruses; 36. The oral acquisition of nematode, cestode and trematode parasites; Section E: Vector and skin-borne diseases; 37. Environmental factors that affect vector-borne pathogen transmission; 38. Flavivirus epidemiology, evolution, dispersal and survival: the influence of anthropology; 39. Trypanosomes, leishmania and lymphatic filariasis ; 40. Disease transmission by non-biting flies41. Tick-borne diseases - changing patterns and effective interventions; 42. Haemorrhagic fevers: the natural reservoirs of Ebola, Marburg and Lassa viruses; Section F: Nosocomial diseases - hospitals and institutions; 43. Clostridium difficile; 44. The emergence of antibiotic resistance in the hospital environment; Section G: Accidental and deliberate environmental contamination; 45. CBRN contamination; 46. Management of chemical incidents; Section H: Diseases influenced by climate; 47. Heat and cold; 48. Global climate change ; 49. Adaptation to climate change
• Sommario/riassunto: Environmental Medicine is an indispensable aid to the investigation, diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of environmentally-acquired disorders. It brings into sharp focus the increasing importance of the practice of environmental medicine, drawing together the many different strands that make up this modern discipline, and putting topical and controversial subjects into evidence-based context. The editors and authors are all leading authorities in their respective fields and are drawn from a wide variety of sources, including government advisory bodies. They have
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental medicine
• ISBN: 0-429-16696-6; 1-282-91468-5; 9786612914683; 1-4441-2844-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815302003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II