Revised edition of a classic text provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of occupational and environmental medicine. The book offers accurate, current information on the history, causes, prevention, and treatment of a wide range of environmental and occupational diseases and includes numerous case studies. Highlights include expanded coverage of government responses to the field and a new chapter on children's environmental health.

Revised edition of: Environmental & occupational medicine.

The discipline of environmental and occupational medicine /William N. Rom -- The role of surveillance in occupational health / Steven B. Markowitz -- The occupational and environmental history and examination / John E. Parker -- Epidemiology of occupational diseases / Gary M. Marsh -- Occupational biostatistics / Howard E. Rockette -- Impairment, disability, and functional capacity / Alan L. Engelberg and William Greaves -- Molecular biology / John G. Hay -- TP53 tumor suppressor gene / S. Perwez Hussain and Curtis C. Harris -- Biomarkers / Sudhir Srivastava and Karl E. Krueger -- Genetic susceptibility / Chu-Ling Yu and David C. Christiani -- Environmental mutagenesis / C. Stuart Baxter -- Evaluation of occupational exposures and effects on male and female reproduction / Susan Rae Reutman and Grace K. LeMasters -- Particle deposition and pulmonary defense mechanisms / Morton Lippmann and Lung-chi Chen -- Lung immune defenses against environmental agents / Lester Kobzik -- Pulmonary function testing / Stuart M. Garay -- Imaging of pneumoconioses / David A. Lynch -- Molecular mechanisms of particle-induced lung disease / Arnold R. Brody and Gilbert F. Morris -- Analysis of fibrous and nonfibrous particles / Jerrold L. Abraham and Bryan R. Burnett -- Asbestosis, pleural fibrosis, and lung cancer / William N. Rom -- Malignant mesothelioma / Delia Nelson [and others] -- Man-made vitreous fibers, vermiculite, and zeolite / James E. Lockey, Vikas Kapil, and Nancy K. Wiese -- Respiratory disease in coal miners / Michael D. Attfield, Vincent Castranova, and Gregory R. Wagner -- The health effects of silica exposure / Ahmad S. Jalloul and Daniel E. Banks -- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis / Yvon Cormier and Yves Lacasse -- Inhalation fever / Paul David Blanc -- Occupational and environmental asthma / Stuart M. Brooks, Thomas Truncale, and James McCluskey -- Environment, genes, and immune mechanisms in asthma / Joan Reibman, Linda Rogers, and Maria Elena Fernandez-Beros -- Firefighter's health and health effects of the World Trade Center collapse / Michael Weiden [and others] -- International byssinosis / Denise Harrison -- Isocyanates exposures and health effects / Carrie Redlich and Dhimiter Bello -- Occupational exposures as a cause of chronic airways disease / John R. Balmes -- Lung diseases associated with silicates and other dust / Vinicius Antao, Germania Pinheiro, and John E. Parker -- Respiratory tract irritants / Tee Guidotti -- Simple asphyxiants / Marc Wilkenfeld -- Chemical asphyxiants / William S. Beckett -- Agricultural dust-induced lung disease / M. Brian Hartz, Nancy Sprince, and Joel Kline -- Upper airway disorders / Rebecca Bascom and Marina Y. Dolina -- Occupational skin disease / David Cohen and Megan M. Moore -- Toxic peripheral neuropathy / Margit L. Bleecker -- Human behavioral neurotoxicology / W. Kent Anger, Diane S. Rohlman, and Daniel Storzbach -- Occupational heart disease / Kenneth D. Rosenman -- Occupational eye disorders / Jason A. Goldsmith, Norman A. Zabriskie and Randall J. Olson -- Occupational infections / Kevin Dieckhaus -- Terrorism preparedness / Lewis Goldfrank and Howard Greller -- HIV in the workplace / Marty Markowitz [and others] -- The occupational risk of tuberculosis care / Kent A. Sepkowitz and Tara Palmore -- Hematologic effects of occupational hazards / John H. Ward -- Toxic liver disorders / John D. Groopman and Denise Johnson -- Environmental and occupational causes of toxic injury to the kidneys and urinary tract / Edward T. Zawada, Jr. -- Occupational bladder cancer / Steven B. Markowitz -- Psychiatric syndromes common to the workplace / Robert C. Larsen -- Alcohol and drug abuse in industry / Kent W. Peterson and Donna R. Smith -- Psychological job stress / Joseph J. Hurrell, Jr. -- Multiple chemical sensitivity / Alan M. Ducatman -- Gulf War illness / Howard Kipen and Melissa McDiarmid -- Occupational safety and human factors / Howard Sandler -- Ergonomics and occupational biomechanics / Manny Halpern -- Nonspecific low back pain / Margareta Nordin -- Carpal tunnel syndrome / Owen Kieran -- Toxicogenomics and exposure assessment / Samuel Wilson [and others] -- Occupational and environmental exposure to lead / Alf Fischbein and Howard Hu -- Mercury / Lynn Goldman -- Cadmium / Dominique F. Lison and Violaine Verougstraete -- Arsenic / Toby G. Rossman -- Beryllium disease / Lisa A. Maier, Carol Gunn and Lee S. Newman -- Hard metal disease / Dominique F. Lison -- Chromium compounds / Mitchell D. Cohen and Max Costa -- Nickel compounds / Mitchell D. Cohen, Catherine Klein and Max Costa -- Metal compounds and rare earths / Bruce Fowler -- Organic solvents and fuels / Nancy L. Fiedler and Steven Lerman -- Benzene / Philip J. Landrigan -- Formaldehyde / Dean B. Baker -- Ethylene oxide / Anthony D. LaMontagne, N. Kyle Steenland and Karl T. Kelsey -- Pesticides / Marc B. Schenker, Steven R. Offerman, and Timothy E. Albertson -- Health effects of agent orange, other military herbicides, and dioxins / Jeanne M. Stellman and Steven D. Stellman -- Pentachlorophenol and tetrachlorophenol / Glenys M. Webster, Shona J. Kelly and Kay Teschke -- Polychlorinated biphenyls / Stephen H. Safe -- Trimellitic anhydride and other acid anhydrides / Leslie C. Grammer and Kathleen E. Harris -- Carbon disulfide / Stephen M. Levin and Ruth Lilis -- N Nitrosamines / Stephen S. Hecht -- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and petroleum industry / Steven D. Stellman and Tee L. Guidotti -- Occupational hazards in the microelectronics industry / Joseph LaDou -- Radiation carcinogenesis / Fred Burns [and others] -- Nonionizing radiation / W. Gregory Lotz -- Occupational exposure to noise / Robert J. McCunney and John Meyer -- Dysbarism / Rafael E. de la Hoz -- High-altitude illnesses / William N. Rom -- Thermal extremes in the work environment / Kathleen A. Delaney and Lewis R. Goldfrank -- Occupational exposure to vibration / Donald E. Wasserman and Jack Wasserman -- Shift work and long work hours / Claire Caruso and Roger R. Rosa -- Sleep disorders and work / Joyce A. Walsleben, Edward B. O'Malley, and David M. Rapoport -- Sick building syndrome and building-related illness / Kathleen Kreiss -- Air pollution: outdoor and indoor sources / George D. Thurston -- Air pollution: epidemiology / Johnathan Samet -- Air pollution: human health studies / Robert B. Devlin and Donald Graff -- Air pollution: toxicological studies / Terry Gordon -- Ozone / Morton Lippmann -- Nitrogen oxides / Richard Schlesinger -- Sulfur dioxide / Mark Frampton and Mark J. Utell -- Particulate matter / Sverre Vedal and Jeffrey H. Sullivan -- Acid rain / Kathleen C. Weathers, Gene E. Likens, and Thomas J. Butler -- Cigarette smoking / Jonathan Samet and Stephen S. Hecht -- Bioaccumulation and toxicities of aromatic hydrocarbon contaminants at different trophic levels of the hudson river ecosystem / Isaac I. Wirgin -- The built environment / Howard Frumkin -- Biological and medical implications of global warming / Paul R. Epstein -- Chlorofluorocarbons and destruction of the ozone layer / Mario J. Molina and Luisa T. Molina -- Environmental law and policy / Jeffrey G. Miller -- Clean Air Act / Daniel Greenbaum -- Occupational safety and health administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health / John Howard -- United States Environmental Protection Agency / Kathleen Callahan [and others] -- Environmental health practice and research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry / Thomas H. Sinks and Henry Falk -- Risk assessment and economic evaluation / James Hammitt -- Workers' compensation / Nicholas A. Ashford -- International occupational and environmental health / Joseph LaDou -- Children's environmental health research / -- Frederica Perera and Sheila Viswanathan -- Disparities in environmental and occupational health / George Friedman-Jiménez and Luz Claudio -- Industrial hygiene measurement and control / Beverly S. Cohen -- Respirators / Philip Harber -- The occupational health service / Peter Rabinowitz and Oyebode Taiwo -- Moral questions of occupational and environmental medicine / Sheldon Samuels -- New frontiers in environmental health research / David A. Schwartz, Brenda K. Weis, and Samuel H. Wilson.