Organic Dusts Exposure, Effects, and Prevention

Organic dusts are particles of vegetable, animal, and microbial origin and are found in a wide range of occupational and general environments. This comprehensive handbook discusses organic dusts and their effects on man. Organic Dusts describes the different environments in which organic dusts are present; it also explains the major components of dusts and which diseases they can induce after inhalation. The first book to completely cover this important environmental exposure, this valuable reference presents a systematic approach to disease pathology and offers revised terminology for diagnosis based on the latest information on cell reactions and the functioning of the immune system.

List of contents

Introduction. Characteristics: Risk Environments. Microorganisms in Organic Dusts. Specific Biogenic Agents: Proteins. Tannins. Endotoxins. Proteases. (1Æ3)-b-D-Glucans. Mycotoxins. Disease Mechanisms: Cell Reactions. Allergic Reactions. The Clinical Panorama. Exposure Assessment. Diseases: Mortality and Morbidity. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis. Occupational Asthma. Special Environments: Cotton Dust. Grain Dust. Swine Confinement Buildings. Wood Processing. Office and Domestic Environments. Waste Handling. Prevention: Strategies for Worker Protection. Agricultural Preventive Occupational Health Care Systems. The Future. Index.

About the author

Ragnar Rylander, Robert R. Jacobs

Summary

Organic dusts are particles of vegetable, animal, and microbial origin and are found in a wide range of occupational and general environments

Product details

• Authors: Robert R. Jacobs, Ragnar Rylander, Rylander Ragnar, David Williams
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.06.1994
• EAN: 9780873716994
• ISBN: 978-0-87371-699-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 720 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, Pollution & threats to the environment, Public health & preventive medicine, Pollution and threats to the environment, Public health and preventive medicine, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Health & safety issues, Health and safety in the workplace