Asthma in the Workplace
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Asthma in the Workplace

Susan M. Tarlo, Olivier Vandenplas, David I. Bernstein, Jean-Luc Malo, Susan M. Tarlo, Olivier Vandenplas, David I. Bernstein, Jean-Luc Malo

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Asthma in the Workplace

Susan M. Tarlo, Olivier Vandenplas, David I. Bernstein, Jean-Luc Malo, Susan M. Tarlo, Olivier Vandenplas, David I. Bernstein, Jean-Luc Malo

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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

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9781000414202
Edition
5
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Occupational & Industrial Medicine

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