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Alyce Bezman Tarcher
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School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Table of contents (31 chapters)
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Disorders Associated with Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and Physical Agents
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- Ronald C. Wester, Howard I. Maibach
Pages 263-276
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- John G. Banwell, Peter Yang
Pages 309-317
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- William A. Newton Jr., Alyce Bezman Tarcher
Pages 353-369
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- Alf Fischbein, Alyce Bezman Tarcher
Pages 389-411
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- Howard M. Kipen, I. Bernard Weinstein
Pages 459-492
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Assessing Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
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Front Matter
Pages 493-493
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- John D. Osterloh, Alyce Bezman Tarcher
Pages 495-529
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Controlling Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and Physical Agents
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Front Matter
Pages 531-531
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- Sushma Palmer, Kulbir S. Bakshi
Pages 549-557
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- Frank Bell, Ervin Bellack, Joseph A. Cotruvo
Pages 559-568
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- James M. Kawecki, Si Duk Lee
Pages 569-579
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Back Matter
Pages 581-632
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Alyce Bezman Tarcher