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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ayres, J. G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentally induced diseases--Diagnosis.

Environmentally induced diseases.

Environmentally induced diseases--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (700 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Hodder Arnold, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786612914683

9781040177525

1040177522

9780429166969

0429166966

9781282914681

1282914685

9781444128444

1444128442

OCLC:

693761431