Auteur : Malo, Jean-Luc (Éditeur intellectuel) / Vandenplas, Olivier (Éditeur intellectuel) / Bernstein, David I. (Éditeur intellectuel) / Tarlo, Susan M. (Éditeur intellectuel)

Édition : 5th edition

Maison d'édition : CRC Press

Date de publication : 2021

Collation : xix, 356 p. : ill.

ISBN : 9781032043425

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : 1. Definition and classification of asthma in the workplace -- 2. Historical aspects of occupational asthma -- 3. Disease occurrence and risk factors -- 4. Mechanisms, genetics and, pathophysiology -- 5. Assessment of the worker -- 6. Assessment of the workplace -- 7. Immunological and inflammatory assessments -- 8. Functional assessment -- 9. Management of the worker -- 10. Prevention -- 11A. Impairment and disability evaluations : I. Psychosocial, economic, and medicolegal aspects -- 11B. Impairment and disability evaluations : II. Various legislations -- 12. Occupational asthma in the baking industry -- 13. Asthma and allergy to animals, fish and shellfish -- 14. Polyisocyanates and their prepolymers -- 15. Western red cedar and other wood dusts -- 16. Metals -- 17. Cleaning agents -- 18. Various high- and low-molecular weight agents -- 19. Irritant-induced asthma and reactive airways dysfunction syndrome -- 20. Asthma exacerbated at work -- 21. Eosinophilic bronchitis -- 22. Occupational rhinitis -- 23. Airway diseases due to organic dust exposure -- 24. Occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis and organic dust toxic syndrome -- 25. Chronic obstructive airway disease due to occupational exposure -- 26. Building-related illnesses and mold-related conditions -- 27. Occupational urticaria and allergic contact dermatitis

Résumé : Asthma can be caused and aggravated by occupational factors in working adults. Agents that are responsible for occupational asthma are either sensitizers or irritants. Prevention is important to reduce the impact of the disease. This new edition of Asthma in the Workplace focuses on recent developments that are reflected by an impressive addition to the scientific literature. This fifth edition retains key elements that have made the success of previous editions: worldwide contributors, variety of topics covered, presentation of key aspects using workplace scenarios and case histories. This new comprehensive edition is intended to be of interest for health professionals, researchers, students, practitioners and various professionals involved in the assessment and management of workers exposed to occupational factors that may cause or exacerbate asthma.

Key Features:

- Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of work-related asthma, including historical aspects, epidemiology and risk factors, mechanisms and genetics, other types of work-related asthma conditions and variants, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, occupational urticaria and dermatitis
- Assessment of the worker and workplace along with management of the worker, prevention and medicolegal aspects
- Detailed information about specific agents, including a variety of high-molecular-weight and low-molecular-weight agents

Mots-clés : Asthme / Maladies professionnelles

Cote : WF 553 A853 2021