Occupational lung diseases : prevention and control

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• PREFACE = ⅴ
• 1. OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASES : MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM = 1
• 1.1 Lungs as the target of air pollutants = 1
• 1.2 Frequency of occupational lung diseases = 2
• 1.3 Action of the ILO = 2
• 2. Air POLLUTANTS AT THE WORKPLACE AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM = 7
• 2.1 Air pollutants = 7
• 2.2 Properties of air pollutants = 9
• 2.3 Deposition of inhaled air pollutants in the respiratory tract = 11
• 2.4 Reaction of the respiratory system to air pollutants = 13
• 2.4.1 Irritative lung injuries = 14
• 2.4.2 Hypersensitivity reactions = 14
• 2.4.3 Pneumoconioses = 14
• 2.4.4 Lung infections = 15
• 2.4.5 Cancer = 15
• 2.5 Effects of environmental pollutants (inert dust, tobacco smoke) = 15
• 3. APPROACHES TO THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASES = 17
• 3.1 Harmful substances at work : Controlled use = 17
• 3.2 Hazard evaluation and exposure limits = 19
• 3.3 Principles of preventive and control measures = 22
• 3.3.1 Elimination of the hazard = 23
• 3.3.2 Prevention of the formation of air pollutants = 24
• 3.3.3 Isolation of the source of air pollution = 24
• 3.3.4 Ventilation = 25
• 3.3.5 Personal protective equipment = 30
• 3.3.6 Housekeeping and maintenance = 35
• 3.3.7 Personal hygiene = 35
• 3.4 Surveillance of the working environment = 36
• 3.5 Surveillance of the health of workers = 39
• 3.6 Employers' responsibility = 43
• 3.7 Workers' participation = 44
• 4. OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASES : THEIR CAUSES AND MANAGEMENT = 47
• 4.1 Pneumoconioses caused by sclerogenic mineral dust = 47
• 4.1.1 Silicosis = 47
• 4.1.2 Silico - tuberculosis = 52
• 4.1.3 Anthraco - silicosis = 53
• 4.1.4 Asbestos - related diseases : Asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma = 55
• 4.2 Bronchopulmonary diseases caused by hard-metal dust = 57
• 4.3 Bronchopulmonary diseases caused by cotton, flax, hemp or sisal dust (byssinosis) = 59
• 4.4 Occupational asthma caused by sensitising agents or irritants = 61
• 4.5 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis = 63
• 4.6 Diseases caused by beryllium and its toxic compounds = 65
• 4.7 Lung cancer = 66
• 4.8 Bronchopulmonary diseases caused by irritant gases and vapours = 70
• 4.9 Infectious and parasitic diseases of the lungs = 73
• 4.10 Pneumoconioses not included in the list of occupational diseases = 76
• 4.10.1 Non - collagenous pneumoconioses = 76
• 4.10.2 Pneumoconioses caused by silicates = 77
• 4.10.3 Effects of man - made mineral fibres = 78
• Appendix 1. Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 (No. 121), Schedule I. List of occupational diseases (amended 1980) = 83