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Environmental Medicine: Integrating a Missing Element into Medical Education (1995)
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Front Matter
i-viii
Contents
ix-xii
Executive Summary
1-4
1 Introduction
5-13
2 Curriculum Content
14-21
3 Implementation Strategies
22-43
4 Changing Medical Education
44-51
5 Concluding Remarks
52-53
References
54-58
Appendixes
59-60
A: Taking an Exposure History
61-96
B: Medical School Courses and Clerkships: Access Points for Integrating Environmental Medicine
97-120
C: Case Studies in Environmental Medicine
121-138
Case Study 1: Arsenic Toxicity
139-163
Case Study 2: Seasonal Arsenic Exposure from Burning Chromium-Copper-Arsenate-Treated Wood
164-167
Case Study 3: Asbestos Toxicity
168-188
Case Study 4: Benzene Toxicity
189-207
Case Study 5: Beryllium Toxicity
208-223
Case Study 6: Cadmium Toxicity
224-243
Case Study 7: Fetal Death Due to Nonlethal Maternal Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
244-248
Case Study 8: Carbon Tetrachloride Toxicity
249-266
Case Study 9: Chlordane Toxicity
267-288
Case Study 10: Chronic Reactive Airway Disease Following Acute Chlorine Gas Exposure in an Asymptomatic Atopic Patient
289-290
Case Study 11: Chromium Toxicity
291-311
Case Study 12: Cyanide Toxicity
312-331
Case Study 13: Dioxin Toxicity
332-348
Case Study 14: Ethylene/Propylene Glycol Toxicity
349-371
Case Study 15: Formalin Asthma in Hospital Staff
372-373
Case Study 16: Gasoline Toxicity
374-394
Case Study 17: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: A Clinical Description of 17 Patients with a Newly Recognized Disease
395-401
Case Study 18: Lead Poisoning from Mobilization of Bone Stores During Thyrotoxicosis
402-409
Case Study 19: Lead Toxicity
410-435
Case Study 20: Legionaires' Disease: Description of an Epidemic of Pneumonia
436-444
Case Study 21: Mercury in House Paint as a Cause of Acrodynia: Effect of Therapy with N-Acetyl-D, L-Penixillamine
445-449
Case Study 22: Mercury Toxicity
450-472
Case Study 23: Methanol Toxicity
473-492
Case Study 24: Methylene Chloride Toxicity
493-511
Case Study 25: Paint Remover Hazard
512-515
Case Study 26: Fatal Outcome of Methemoglobinemia in an Infant
516-517
Case Study 27: Nitrate/Nitrite Toxicity
518-537
Case Study 28: An Outbreak of Nitrogen Dioxide-Induced Respiratory Illness Among Ice Hockey Players
538-541
Case Study 29: Pentachlorophenol Toxicity
542-557
Case Study 30: Aldicarb Poisoning: A Case Report with Prolonged Cholinesterase Inhibition and Improvement After Pralidoxime Therapy
558-561
Case Study 31: Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Pesticide Toxicity
562-584
Case Study 32: Infertility in Male Pesticide Workers
585-587
Case Study 33: Pesticide Food Poisoning from Contaminated Watermelons in California, 1985
588-595
Case Study 34: Poisoning of an Urban Family Due to Misapplication of Household Organophosphate and Carbamate Pesticides
596-604
Case Study 35: Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Toxicity
605-621
Case Study 36: Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Toxicity
622-638
Case Study 37: Ionizing Radiation
639-673
Case Study 38: Radon Toxicity
674-694
Case Study 39: Residential Radon Exposure and Lung Cancer in Sweden
695-700
Case Study 40: Community Oubreaks of Asthma Associated with Inhalation of Soybean Dust
701-706
Case Study 41: Tetrachloroethylene Toxicity
707-726
Case Study 42: Toluene Toxicity
727-743
Case Study 43: Occupational Asthma Due to Toluene Diisocyanate Among Velcro-like Tape Manufacturers
744-749
Case Study 44: 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
750-766
Case Study 45: Trimethyltin Encephalopathy
767-771
Case Study 46: Trichloroethylene Toxicity
772-792
Case Study 47: Vinyl Chloride Toxicity
793-811
Case Study 48: Work-Related Disorders of the Neck and Upper Extremity
812-813
Case Study 49: Contact Dermatitis in Surgeons from Methylmethacrylate Bone Cement
814-816
Case Study 50: Skin Lesions and Environmental Exposures: Rash Decisions
817-861
Case Study 51: Acoustic Trauma Caused by the Telephone: A Report of Two Cases
862-867
Case Study 52: Behavioral and Audiologic Manifestations of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
868-871
Case Study 53: Reproductive and Developmental Hazards
872-892
Case Study 54: Childhood Asthma and Indoor Enviromental Risk Factors
893-903
Case Study 55: Populations at Risk From Particulate Air Pollution - United States, 1992
904-908
D: Resources: Agencies, Organizations, Services, REferences, and Tables of Environmental Health Hazards
909-970
E: Committee and Staff Biographies
971-975

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