Hunter’s Diseases of Occupations 10th Edition by Ching Aw,Peter Baxter,Anne Cockcroft 0340941669 9780340941669

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ISBN 10:0340941669
ISBN 13:978-0340941669
Author:Ching Aw,Peter Baxter,Anne Cockcroft

Winner of the 2011 BMA book awards: medicine category
In the five decades since its first publication, Hunter’s Diseases of Occupations has remained the pre-eminent text on diseases caused by work, universally recognized as the most authoritative source of information in the field. It is an important guide for doctors in all disciplines who may encounter occupational diseases in their practice, covering topics as diverse as work and stress, asbsetos-related disease, working at high altitude and major chemical incidents, many of which are highly topical.

The Tenth Edition of Hunter’s Diseases of Occupations has been fully revised and updated, presenting all practitioners considering an occupational cause for a patient’s condition with comprehensive coverage of work-related diseases as they present in modern and developing industralised societies. It draws on the wide-ranging and in-depth clinical knowledge and experience, and acadmic excellence, of top experts in the field.

Hunter’s Diseases of Occupations 10th Table of contents:

PART ONE – GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

Section One: History and Development of Occupational Medicine

1 Donald Hunter and the history of occupational health: precedents and perspectives

2 The changing face of occupational diseases

Section Two: Diagnosis of Occupational Disease

3 The occupational history

4 Occupational exposure to hazardous substances

5 Biological monitoring

Section Three: Extent and Attribution of Occupational Disease

6 Epidemiological methods and evidence-based occupational medicine

7 Attribution of disease

8 Compensation schemes

Section Four: Legal Issues

9 Medicolegal reports and the role of the expert witness

PART TWO – DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICAL AGENTS

Section One: Occupational Toxicology

10 Occupational toxicology: general principles

11 Risks and hazards in occupational and environmental exposures

Section Two: Metals

12 Introduction

13 Aluminium

14 Antimony

15 Arsenic

16 Beryllium

17 Cadmium

18 Chromium

19 Cobalt

20 Copper

21 Gold

22 Iron

23 Lead

24 Magnesium

25 Manganese

26 Mercury

27 Molybdenum

28 Nickel

29 Phosphorus

30 Platinum group metals

31 Polonium

32 Silver

33 Thallium

34 Tin

35 Tungsten

36 Uranium

37 Vanadium

38 Zinc

Section Three: Gases

39 Gases

40 Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome and irritant-induced asthma

41 Deliberate use of chemicals in warfare and by terrorists

Section Four: Other Chemical Exposures

42 Organic chemicals

43 Pesticides and other agrochemicals

44 Welding

45 The semiconductor industry

PART THREE – DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH PHYSICAL AGENTS

Section One: Noise

46 Sound, noise and the ear

Section Two: Vibration

47 Hand–arm vibration syndrome

48 Whole body vibration

Section Three: Heat and Cold

49 Heat and cold

Section Four: Barometric Pressure

50 Diving and work at increased pressure

51 Working at high altitude

52 Flying and spaceflight

Section Five: Radiation

53 Ionizing radiations

54 Non-ionizing radiation and the eye

55 Extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields

56 Radiofrequency fields

PART FOUR – DISEASES RELATED TO ERGONOMIC AND MECHANICAL FACTORS

Section One: The Musculoskeletal System

57 Repeated movements and repeated trauma affecting the musculoskeletal system

Section Two: Back and Spinal Pain

58 Occupational back pain

PART FIVE – OCCUPATION AND TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES

Section One: Occupational Infections

59 Occupational infections

60 Zoonoses

Section Two: Bioterrorism and Biotechnology

61 Bioterrorism

62 Genetic modification and biotechnology

PART SIX – WORK AND MENTAL HEALTH

Section One: Work and Stress

63 Introduction to work and stress

64 Work, stress and sickness absence: a psychosocial perspective

65 Mental health at work: psychological interventions

Section Two: Work and Psychiatric Disorder

66 Work and psychiatric disorder: an evidence-based approach

Section Three: Substance Abuse

67 Substance abuse and the workplace

PART SEVEN – RESPIRATORY DISORDERS

Section One: General Issues

68 Imaging in occupational lung disease

69 Work and chronic air flow limitation

70 Health effects of ultrafine/nanoparticles

71 Health effects related to non-industrial workplace indoor environments

Section Two: Organic Dust Diseases

72 Occupational asthma

73 Byssinosis and other cotton-related diseases

74 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis

Section Three: Inorganic Dust Diseases

75 Inorganic dusts: general aspects

76 Asbestos and asbestos-related diseases

77 Epidemiology of asbestos-related diseases

78 Other fibrous mineral dusts

79 Silica and silica-related diseases

80 Epidemiology of silica-related disease

81 Other non-fibrous mineral dusts

82 Metal dusts and fumes

83 Berylliosis

PART EIGHT – OTHER EFFECTS OF WORKPLACE EXPOSURES

Section One: Occupational Diseases of the Skin

84 Occupational diseases of the skin

Section Two: Occupational Cancers

85 Occupational cancer: epidemiology, biological mechanisms and biomarkers

Section Three: Other Systemic Effects

86 Nephrotoxic effects of workplace exposures

87 Neurotoxic effects of workplace exposures

88 Hepatotoxic effects of workplace exposure

89 Workplace exposures and reproductive health

90 Haemopoietic effects of workplace exposures: anaemias, leukaemias and lymphomas

Section Four: Shift Work

91 Shift work and extended hours of work

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