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Principles and Practice of Environmental Medicine

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Alyce Bezman Tarcher

    1. School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Fundamentals of Environmental Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Principles and Scope of Environmental Medicine

      • Alyce Bezman Tarcher
      Pages 3-18

  3. Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and Physical Agents

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution

      • John D. Spengler
      Pages 21-41

    3. Chemical Contaminants in Food

      • Sushma Palmer, Kulbir S. Bakshi
      Pages 43-58

    4. Water Pollution and Chemical Contamination in Drinking Water

      • William A. Coniglio, Paul S. Berger, Joseph A. Cotruvo
      Pages 59-76

    5. Hazardous Wastes

      • Robert D. Stephens
      Pages 77-91

  4. Body Defense Against Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and Physical Agents

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. The Skin

      • David R. Bickers
      Pages 95-102

    3. The Lung

      • Jeffrey E. Weiland, James E. Gadek
      Pages 103-120

    4. The Gastrointestinal Tract

      • Franz Hartmann, Harro Jenss
      Pages 121-137

    5. Detoxication Mechanisms and the Role of Nutrition

      • G. Gordon Gibson
      Pages 139-158

    6. Immunologic Mechanisms and the Role of Nutrition

      • Robert M. Suskind
      Pages 159-172

  5. Clinical Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. The Occupational and Environmental Health History

      • Alyce Bezman Tarcher
      Pages 175-188

    3. Enhanced Susceptibility to Environmental Chemicals

      • Alyce Bezman Tarcher, Edward J. Calabrese
      Pages 189-213

  6. Disorders Associated with Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and Physical Agents

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
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    2. Disorders of the Nervous System

      • John R. Taylor
      Pages 217-240

    3. Neurobehavioral Disorders

      • David E. Hartman, Stephen Hessl, Alyce Bezman Tarcher
      Pages 241-262
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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.

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  • School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA

    Alyce Bezman Tarcher

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