Inhaled dust and disease

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Inhaled dust and disease

Paul F. Holt

Wiley, c1987

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"A Wiley-Interscience publication."

Bibliography: p. 269-322

Includes index

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Description

The causal relationship between the regular inhalation of various kinds of dust and disease is well known. The dusts involved covered a wide range, including china clay, talc, cotton, coal dust and asbestos. Here, Professor Holt surveys the properties of these hazardous materials, describing the diseases they cause and outlining the epidemiological evidence which indicates the size of the problem. The book is unusual in that it is written for health and safety workers rather than for clinicians, so that emphasis is placed upon the nature of the substances which cause disease, rather than on the diseases themselves. The aim of the book is to give an overview of work in the field, and Professor Holt is excellently qualified to undertake this task. He first started work on industrial lung disease fifty years ago, and has been closely involved with the subject ever since.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • The Respiratory System
  • Respirable Dust
  • The Fate of Inhaled Dust
  • Translocation and Some General Effects of Inhaled Dust
  • Silicosis
  • Experimental Research on Silica-Related Disease
  • Natural Fibrous Silicates
  • Asbestos Dust Sources and Dust Levels
  • Asbestos-Related Diseases: Asbestosis and Lung Cancer
  • Asbestos-Related Diseases
  • Mesothelioma
  • Asbestos-Related Diseases: Cancers at Sites Other than Lung and Pleura
  • Asbestos Hazard: Mineral Types and Hazardous Occupations
  • Asbestos-Related Diseases: Neighbourhood Hazard
  • Asbestos-Related Diseases: Experimental Research
  • The Effects of Silicates Other than Asbestos: Man-made Mineral Fibres
  • Silicates Other than Asbestos: Mineral Silicates and Cement
  • Diseases Caused by Inhaled Metals and their Compounds
  • Diseases Related to the Production of Coal, Carbon and Arsenic
  • Diseases Caused by Inhaled Natural and Synthetic Organic Substances
  • Allergic Alveolitis
  • The Effects of Tobacco Smoke
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index.

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