A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases [Hardcover]

A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases delivers a concise compendium to the diagnosis and management of occupational and environmental lung diseases, incorporating evidence-based guidelines where available. Each chapter provides an updated review and a practical approach to different occupational and environmental lung diseases.? With rapidly changing technology, new conditions and exposures will undoubtedly emerge. Clinicians need to remain vigilant about assessing the potential link between lung diseases and environmental exposures, and this book provides a practical guide to recognize, diagnose, and prevent occupational and environmental lung diseases.? Written for practicing clinicians including internists, pulmonologists, and primary care providers, as well as industrial hygienists and environmental regulators, A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases is a timely and important new volume and an invaluable contribution to the literature.

Featuring evidence-based guidelines and a host of respected international authors, this guide offers an updated review and practical responses to occupational and environmental lung diseases, reflecting our improving understanding of these pathologies.

Chapter 1: Historical Perspective of Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease??
Paul David Blanc

Chapter 2: The Occupational and Environmental History
Lawrence C. Mohr, Jr.

Chapter 3: Use of Laboratory Tests in Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
Jean-Luc Malo

Chapter 4: Radiography and CT of Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
Philip C. Goodman

Chapter 5: Environmental and Occupational Causes of Asthma
Marcos Ribeiro
Susan M. Tarlo

Chapter 6: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
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