Principles and Practice of Environmental Medicine

✍ Scribed by Alyce Bezman Tarcher (auth.), Alyce Bezman Tarcher M.D. (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 620
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Throughout the world, scientists and the general with environmental illness. Part II presents an over­ public are concerned about the adverse effects of view of chemical and physical agents commonly toxic agents found in contaminated air, water, food, found in contaminated air, water, food, and soil. and soil. In the past, attention has focused on haz­ The problem of hazardous wastes is also discussed. ards originating in the workplace. As a consequence, Part III characterizes the body's defense against occupational medicine has become a well-recognized such exposure. Defenses at the portals of entry are and established clinical discipline. Much less atten­ discussed, with emphasis placed on the role of tion has been paid to nonoccupational hazards. There nutrition. Detoxication and immunologic defense is a growing awareness, however, of the dangers of mechanisms are described. Part IV indicates the exposure to toxic chemical and physical agents in importance of and provides instruction on the the homes, community, and general environment, method of including occupational and environmen­ especially for the fetus, the infant, the very young, tal factors in the routine medical history. The role of the elderly, and the chronically ill, those most sus­ enhanced susceptibility as a factor in an individual's ceptible. Environmental medicine, fOCUSing on the response to toxic exposure is discussed.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Principles and Scope of Environmental Medicine....Pages 3-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution....Pages 21-41
Chemical Contaminants in Food....Pages 43-58
Water Pollution and Chemical Contamination in Drinking Water....Pages 59-76
Hazardous Wastes....Pages 77-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
The Skin....Pages 95-102
The Lung....Pages 103-120
The Gastrointestinal Tract....Pages 121-137
Detoxication Mechanisms and the Role of Nutrition....Pages 139-158
Immunologic Mechanisms and the Role of Nutrition....Pages 159-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
The Occupational and Environmental Health History....Pages 175-188
Enhanced Susceptibility to Environmental Chemicals....Pages 189-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Disorders of the Nervous System....Pages 217-240
Neurobehavioral Disorders....Pages 241-262
Disorders of the Skin....Pages 263-276
Disorders of the Lungs....Pages 277-293
Disorders of the Heart and Blood Vessels....Pages 295-308
Disorders of the Digestive System....Pages 309-317
Disorders of the Liver....Pages 319-334
Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract....Pages 335-352
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Disorders of the Hematopoietic System....Pages 353-369
Disorders of the Thyroid....Pages 371-387
Disorders of the Immune System....Pages 389-411
Disorders of the Female Reproductive System and Developmental Disorders....Pages 413-435
Disorders of the Male Reproductive System....Pages 437-457
The Role of Environmental Chemicals in Human Cancer Causation....Pages 459-492
Front Matter....Pages 493-493
Environmental and Biological Monitoring....Pages 495-529
Front Matter....Pages 531-531
Personal Methods of Controlling Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution....Pages 533-548
Personal Methods of Controlling Exposure to Chemical Contaminants in Food....Pages 549-557
Personal Methods of Controlling Exposure to Chemical Contaminants in Drinking Water....Pages 559-568
Governmental Regulation of Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and Physical Agents....Pages 569-579
Back Matter....Pages 581-632

✦ Subjects

Internal Medicine; General Practice / Family Medicine; Public Health; Epidemiology; Medicine/Public Health, general