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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harbison, Raymond D., editor.

Bourgeois, Marie M., editor.

Johnson, Giffe T., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial toxicology.

Hazardous substances--Toxicology.

Hazardous substances.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1367 p.)

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2015.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781523114597

1523114592

9781118834091

1118834097

9781118834015

1118834011

9781118834213

1118834216

OCLC:

893974549