Allergy and Immunotoxicology in Occupational Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41941
Takemi Otsuki, Claudia Petrarca, Mario Di Gioacchino, editors.
--Singapore:
Springer
, 2017.
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This book offers a collection of the latest clinical and research findings related to allergies, one of the most frequently treated conditions in occupational medicine. The chapters not only cover asthma but also elaborate on contact dermatitis, rhinitis, and other allergic conditions, providing readers with a comprehensive overview of the substances disrupting autoimmunity and their effects on the human body. Allergy and Immunotoxicology in Occupational Health is a valuable resource for profes…
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- Other Authors
- Otsuki, Takemi
- Petrarca, Claudia
- Di Gioacchino, Mario
- Other Authors
- International Congress of Occupational Health. Allergy and Immunotoxicology Scientific Committee
- Responsibility
- Takemi Otsuki, Claudia Petrarca, Mario Di Gioacchino, editors
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 152 pages) : 14 illus., 13 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9789811003516
- 9789811003493 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2364-8333
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Environmental Pollutants - toxicity
- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - immunology
- Occupational Diseases - immunology
- Occupational Health
- Abstract
- This book offers a collection of the latest clinical and research findings related to allergies, one of the most frequently treated conditions in occupational medicine. The chapters not only cover asthma but also elaborate on contact dermatitis, rhinitis, and other allergic conditions, providing readers with a comprehensive overview of the substances disrupting autoimmunity and their effects on the human body. Allergy and Immunotoxicology in Occupational Health is a valuable resource for professionals and researchers in the occupational health sector, who will discover novel insights into immune effects, providing a foundation for future considerations of the health impairments caused by environmental and occupational exposure to these substances.
- Contents
- 1. Suppressive Effects of Asbestos Exposure on the Human Immune Surveillance System -- 2. Silica-Induced Immunotoxicity: Chronic and Aberrant Activation of Immune Cells -- 3. Engineered Nanomaterials and Occupational Allergy -- 4. Allergens in Occupational Allergy: Prevention and Management – Focus on Asthma -- 5. Particulate-Driven Type-2 Immunity and Allergic Responses -- 6. Traditional and Emerging Occupational Asthma in Japan -- 7. Skin Sensitization Model Based on Only Animal Data by Qualitative Structure-Toxicity Relationships (QSTR) Approach -- 8. Non-industrial Indoor Environments and Work-Related Asthma -- 9. Combined Effect on Immune and Nervous System of Aluminum Nanoparticles -- 10. Non Pulmonary Effects of Isocyanates -- 11. Skin Exposure to Nanoparticles and Possible Sensitization Risk.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Climate Change and Global Public Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46434
Kent E. Pinkerton, William N. Rom, editors.
(Second edition)
--Cham:
Humana Press
, c2021.
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- NEW Springer 2021
- Location
- Online
This book is a guide to the research, findings, and discussions of US and international experts on climate change and respiratory health. Since the publication of the first edition, climate change has been increasingly acknowledged as being directly related to the prevalence and incidence of respiratory morbidity. Evidence is increasing that climate change does drive respiratory disease onset and exacerbation as a result of increased ambient and indoor air pollution, desertification, heat stres…
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- Other Authors
- Pinkerton, Kent E.
- Rom, William N.
- Responsibility
- Kent E. Pinkerton, William N. Rom, editors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 605 p.) : 116 illus., 103 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Respiratory medicine
- ISBN
- 9783030547462
- 9783030547455 (Print ed.)
- 9783030547479 (Print ed.)
- 9783030547486 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2197-7372
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Climate Change
- Environmental Medicine
- Global Health
- Public Health
- Respiratory Tract Diseases - epidemiology
- Specialty
- Environmental Health
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Abstract
- This book is a guide to the research, findings, and discussions of US and international experts on climate change and respiratory health. Since the publication of the first edition, climate change has been increasingly acknowledged as being directly related to the prevalence and incidence of respiratory morbidity. Evidence is increasing that climate change does drive respiratory disease onset and exacerbation as a result of increased ambient and indoor air pollution, desertification, heat stress, wildfires, and the geographic and temporal spread of pollens, molds and infectious agents. This second edition is fully updated to include the latest research by international experts on topics such as heat waves causing critical care-related diseases, climate-driven air pollution increases, and high-level ozone and ozone exposure linked to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, and acute lower respiratory infection. Seven new chapters have also been added on extreme weather and agricultural safety in California; desert dust effects on lung health; climate policy and the EPA; California's integrated approach to air quality and climate change; integrating climate change, the environment, and sustainability themes into professional health science courses; and the role of the physician as climate advocate. This is an ideal guide for all pulmonologists and health professionals treating patients with pulmonary disease.
- Contents
- Introduction: consequences of global warming to planetary and human health -- Climate variability and change data and information for global public health -- Climate change: updates on recent global and United States temperature anomalies and impacts to water, forests and environmental health -- Eyewitness to climate change -- Arctic connections to global warming and health -- Assessing the health risks of climate change -- Heat waves and rising temperatures: Human health impacts and the determinants of vulnerability -- Climate, air quality and allergy: emerging methods for detecting linkages -- The human health co-benefits of air quality improvements associated with climate change mitigation -- Asthma, hayfever, pollen, & climate change -- California and climate changes: an update -- Vector-borne diseases in a changing climate and world -- Dengue fever and climate change -- Climate variability and change: food, water and societal impacts -- Hurricanes and health: vulnerability in an age of climate change -- The impact of climate change and extreme weather conditions on agricultural health and safety in california -- Household air pollution from cookstoves: impacts on health and climate -- Biomass fuel and lung diseases: an Indian perspective -- Climate change and women’s health: risks and opportunities -- The impact of climate change on public health in small island states and caribbean countries -- Global climate change, desertification, and its consequences in Turkey and the Middle East -- Climate change and the risk of desertification with a focus in the United States -- Federal Programs in climate change and health research -- Management of climate change adaptation at the United States centers for disease control and prevention -- Rules, rulings, and repeals: the shifting state of climate policy at U.S. EPA -- California’s integrated approach to air quality and climate change -- Climate change and public health interventions -- Integrating climate change, the environment, and sustainability themes into professional health sciences courses: a case study across a university system -- The physician’s response to climate change.
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43218
Fabio Capello, Antonio Vittorino Gaddi. editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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This book examines in detail the clinical implications of those diseases that either are primarily triggered by air pollution or represent direct consequences of air pollutants. The aim is to provide medical practitioners with practical solutions to issues in diagnosis and treatment while simultaneously furnishing other interested parties with crucial information on the field. The book introduces the concept that air pollution-related diseases constitute a new class of pathologies. A wide range…
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- Other Authors
- Capello, Fabio
- Gaddi, Antonio Vittorino
- Responsibility
- Fabio Capello, Antonio Vittorino Gaddi. editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 679 p.) : 116 illus., 79 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319627311
- 9783319627304 (print ed.)
- 9783319627328 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Air Pollution - adverse effects
- Environmental Illness - chemically induced
- Environmental Policy
- Global Health
- Public Policy
- Specialty
- Environmental Health
- Abstract
- This book examines in detail the clinical implications of those diseases that either are primarily triggered by air pollution or represent direct consequences of air pollutants. The aim is to provide medical practitioners with practical solutions to issues in diagnosis and treatment while simultaneously furnishing other interested parties with crucial information on the field. The book introduces the concept that air pollution-related diseases constitute a new class of pathologies. A wide range of conditions mainly attributable to air pollution are discussed, covering different body systems and pollution impacts in subsets of the population. In addition to presenting state of the art overviews of clinical aspects, the book carefully examines the implications of current knowledge for social and public health strategies aimed at disease prevention and prophylaxis. The Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases will greatly assist doctors and healthcare workers when dealing with the consequences of air pollution in their everyday practice and will provide researchers, industry, and policymakers with valuable facts and insights.
- Contents
- 1. Pollution and Air Pollution–Related Diseases: An Overview -- 2. Physical and Chemical Properties of Airborne Particulate Matter -- 3. The Relationship Between Health Effects and Airborne Particulate Constituents -- 4. Environment/Climate Air Pollution -- 5. Spatial Distribution of Air Pollutants in Cities -- 6. Outdoor Air Pollution: Effects, Measure and Perception -- 7. Indoor Air Pollution -- 8. Air Pollution and the Health Preservation: The Point of View of a Clinician and of a Cardiologist -- 9. Legal and Ethical Implications of Air Pollution -- 10. Air Pollution in Infancy, Childhood and Young Adults -- 11. Air Pollution and Elderly -- 12. Pollutants and Drugs: Interactions and Human Health -- 13. Epigenetic Effects of Air Pollution -- 14. Complexity in Pollution/Disease Management -- 15. Air Pollution and the Nervous System: Diseases of the Brain Caused by Air Pollutants and Air Pollution -- 16. Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Diseases (Risk Factors and the Myocardial Cell Defence) -- 17. Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis -- 18. Air Pollution and Lung Diseases -- 19. Eye and Pollution -- 20. Skin and Air Pollution: State of the Art and New Frontiers -- 21. Air Pollution and Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals -- 22. Health Consequences Due to Prenatal Endocrine-Disrupting Chemical Exposure -- 23. Postnatal EDC Exposure and Prevention of Endocrine Disruption -- 24. Air Pollution and Cancer -- 25. Air Pollution and Gynecological Diseases -- 26. Air Pollution Effects in Pregnancy -- 27. Model for Pollutant and Disease Monitoring -- 28. Basic Principles for Treatment of Air Pollution-Related Diseases -- 29. Basic Characteristics of Antipollution Devices and PPE -- 30. Exploring the Technologies Behind Air-Cleaning Systems and Indoor Applications -- 31. Basic Characteristics of PPE (II): Industrial Applications -- 32. Sociological Theories on Air Pollution: Between Environmental Justice and the Risk Society Approach -- 33. The Contribution of Digital Sociology to the Investigation of Air Pollution -- 34. Basic Principles of Risk Communication in Air Pollution -- 35. Marketing Issues in Air Pollution Prevention -- 36. Air Pollution: Actions to be Taken -- 37. Conclusions.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Damp indoor spaces and health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat21523
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Damp Indoor Spaces and Health.
--Washington, DC:
National Academies Press
, 2004.
- Call Number
- WA 754 I59d 2004
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WA 754 I59d 2004
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- National Academies Press
- Date of Publication
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 355 p.
- ISBN
- 0309091934
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Air Pollution, Indoor - adverse effects
- Air Pollution, Indoor - prevention & control
- Air Microbiology
- Bacterial Toxins - adverse effects
- Mycotoxins - adverse effects
- Respiratory Tract Diseases - epidemiology
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Global climate change and public health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33392
Kent E. Pinkerton, William N. Rom, editors.
--New York:
Humana Press
, c2014.
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- Location
- Online
Pulmonary physicians and scientists currently have minimal capacity to respond to climate change and its impacts on health. The extent to which climate change influences the prevalence and incidence of respiratory morbidity remains largely undefined. However, evidence is increasing that climate change does drive respiratory disease onset and exacerbation as a result of increased ambient and indoor air pollution, desertification, heat stress, wildfires, and the geographic and temporal spread of …
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Pinkerton, Kent Ed
- Rom, William N
- Responsibility
- Kent E. Pinkerton, William N. Rom, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 406 pages)
- Series Vol.
- v. 7
- Series Title
- Respiratory medicine (New York, N.Y.)
- ISBN
- 9781461484172 (electronic bk.)
- 9781461484165
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Climate Change
- Global Health
- Public Health
- Respiration Disorders
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Environmental health
- Climatic changes
- Climate Change
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Environmental Health
- Climate Change Impacts
- Public health
- Abstract
- Pulmonary physicians and scientists currently have minimal capacity to respond to climate change and its impacts on health. The extent to which climate change influences the prevalence and incidence of respiratory morbidity remains largely undefined. However, evidence is increasing that climate change does drive respiratory disease onset and exacerbation as a result of increased ambient and indoor air pollution, desertification, heat stress, wildfires, and the geographic and temporal spread of pollens, molds and infectious agents. Preliminary research has revealed climate change to have potentially direct and indirect adverse impacts on respiratory health. Published studies have linked climate change to increases in respiratory disease, including the following: changing pollen releases impacting asthma and allergic rhinitis, heat waves causing critical care-related diseases, climate driven air pollution increases, exacerbating asthma and COPD, desertification increasing particulate matter (PM) exposures, and climate related changes in food and water security impacting infectious respiratory disease through malnutrition (pneumonia, upper respiratory infections). High level ozone and ozone exposure has been linked to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, and acute lower respiratory infection. Global Climate Change and Public Health is an important new volume based on the research, findings, and discussions of US and international experts on respiratory health and climate change. This volume addresses issues of major importance to respiratory health and fills a major gap in the current literature.
- Contents
- Introduction: Consequences of Global Warming to the Publics Health -- Climate Variability and Change Data and Information for Global Public Health -- Climate Change: Overview of Data Sources, Observed and Predicted Temperature Changes, and Impacts on Public and Environmental Health -- Eyewitness to Global Warming -- California and Climate Changes -- Heat Waves and Rising Temperatures: Human Health Impacts and the Determinants of Vulnerability -- Climate, Air Quality and Allergy: Emerging Methods for Detecting Linkages -- The Human Health Co-benefits of Air Quality Improvements Associated with Climate Change Mitigation -- Asthma, Hayfever, Pollen, and Climate Change -- Dengue Fever and Climate Change -- Impact of Climate Change on Vector-Borne Disease in the Amazon -- Climate Variability and Change: Food, Water and Societal Impacts -- Household Air Pollution from Cookstoves: Impacts on Health and Climate -- Biomass Fuel and Lung Diseases: An Indian Perspective -- The Effects of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Children and Mothers Health -- Climate Change and Public Health in Small Island States and Caribbean Countries -- Global Climate Change, Desertification, and Its Consequences in Turkey and the Middle East -- Assessing the Health Risks of Climate Change -- Federal Programs in Climate Change and Health Research -- Management of Climate Change Adaptation at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Public Health and Climate Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- California's Cap-and-Trade Program.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Healthcare mold management : a prevention, assessment, and remediation training guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat22042
Hodgson, Mark.
--Marblehead, MA:
HCPro
, 2004.
- Call Number
- WX 165 H691h 2004
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WX 165 H691h 2004
- Author
- Hodgson, Mark
- Other Authors
- Shenhold, Carol L
- Place of Publication
- Marblehead, MA
- Publisher
- HCPro
- Date of Publication
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 158 p. + 1 CD-ROM
- ISBN
- 1578394422
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Mycoses - prevention & control
- Air Pollution, Indoor - prevention & control
- Health Facility Environment
- Environmental Monitoring
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Indoor air quality health and safety guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24138
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.
(3rd ed.)
--Hamilton, ON:
CCOHS
, 2008.
- Call Number
- WA 754 I41i 2008
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Call Number
- WA 754 I41i 2008
- Corporate Author
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Hamilton, ON
- Publisher
- CCOHS
- Date of Publication
- 2008
- ISBN
- 9780660198187
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Air Pollution, Indoor
- Occupational Health
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Indoor Air Quality in Healthcare Facilities
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41614
Stefano Capolongo, Gaetano Settimo, Marco Gola, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This interdisciplinary guide offers background, research findings, and practical strategies for assessing and improving air quality in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Positing good air quality as critical to patient and staff well-being, it identifies disease-carrying microbes, pollutants, and other airborne toxins and their health risks, and provides localized interventions for reducing transmission of pathogens. Effective large-scale approaches to air quality control are also outline…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Capolongo, Stefano
- Settimo, Gaetano
- Gola, Marco
- Responsibility
- Stefano Capolongo, Gaetano Settimo, Marco Gola, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 132 pages) : 10 illus., 8 illus. in color
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in public health
- ISBN
- 9783319491608
- 9783319491592 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2192-3698
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Air Pollutants - adverse effects
- Air Pollution, Indoor
- Environmental Monitoring - methods
- Health Facilities
- Patient Safety
- Specialty
- Environmental Health
- Abstract
- This interdisciplinary guide offers background, research findings, and practical strategies for assessing and improving air quality in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Positing good air quality as critical to patient and staff well-being, it identifies disease-carrying microbes, pollutants, and other airborne toxins and their health risks, and provides localized interventions for reducing transmission of pathogens. Effective large-scale approaches to air quality control are also outlined, from green building materials to hygienic HVAC and air treatment practices. Its thoroughness of coverage makes this book a vital resource for professionals involved in every aspect of health service facilities, from planning and construction to maintenance and management. Among the topics covered: Existing guidelines in indoor air quality: the case study of hospital environments Hospital environments and epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections Analysis of microorganisms in hospital environments and potential risks Legionella indoor air contamination in healthcare environments HVAC system design in healthcare facilities and control of aerosol contaminants Assessment of indoor air quality in inpatient wards Indoor Air Quality in Healthcare Facilities imparts up-to-date expertise to a variety of professional readers, including hospitals' technical and management departments, healthcare facilities' chief medical officers, hospital planners, sport and thermal building designers, public health departments, and students of universities and schools of hygiene.
- Contents
- Foreword: Improving the Hospital's Indoor Air Quality -- Indoor Air Quality in Healing Environments: Impacts of Physical, Chemical, and Biological Environmental Factors on Users -- Existing Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality: The Case Study of Hospital Environments -- Applications of IAQ Monitoring in International Healthcare Systems -- Hospital Environments and Epidemiology of Healthcare-Associated Infections -- Analysis of Microorganisms in Hospital Environments and Potential Risks -- Legionella Indoor Air Contamination in Healthcare Environments -- Environmentally Friendly and Low-Emissivity Construction Materials and Furniture -- HVAC System Design in Healthcare Facilities and Control of Aerosol Contaminants: Issues, Tools, and Experiments -- HVAC Management in Health Facilities -- Assessment of Indoor Air Quality in Inpatient Wards -- Perspectives of Air Quality Control in Healthcare Facilities: Conclusions -- Index.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Indoor air quality : levels 0-3, IWK component, IWK-Grace Health Centre
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53639
OCL Services Ltd.
--Dartmouth, NS:
OCL Services, Ltd.
, 1996.
- Call Number
- WX 26.5 I62 1996
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Call Number
- WX 26.5 I62 1996
- Corporate Author
- OCL Services Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Dartmouth, NS
- Publisher
- OCL Services, Ltd.
- Date of Publication
- 1996
- Physical Description
- 46 p.
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Air Pollution, Indoor
- Environmental Monitoring
- Hospitals, Pediatric
- Hospitals, Maternity
- Maternal-Child Health Centers
- Occupational Exposure
- Nova Scotia
- Notes
- Donated by: Art McLaughlin, Physical Facilities and Engineering. 1996.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Risk toward Healthier Environment for All
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44855
Reiko Kishi, Dan Norbäck, Atsuko Araki, editors.
--Singapore:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This volume discusses the effects of indoor air environment and pollution in modern buildings on human health. Highlighting epidemiological studies and the determining factors, it offers proposals for improving indoor air quality (IAQ) in different environments. Focusing not only on homes and offices, but also vehicles and aircrafts, it details practical methods of measuring and assessing indoor air quality. Written by pioneering researchers, Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Risk toward …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Kishi, Reiko
- Norbäck, Dan
- Araki, Atsuko
- Responsibility
- Reiko Kishi, Dan Norbäck, Atsuko Araki, editors
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 333 p.) : 75 illus., 50 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9789813291829
- 9789813291812 (Print ed.)
- 9789813291836 (Print ed.)
- 9789813291843 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2364-8333
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Air Pollutants
- Air Pollution, Indoor
- Environmental Exposure
- Environmental Health
- Preventive Medicine
- Quality Improvement
- Specialty
- Environmental Health
- Abstract
- This volume discusses the effects of indoor air environment and pollution in modern buildings on human health. Highlighting epidemiological studies and the determining factors, it offers proposals for improving indoor air quality (IAQ) in different environments. Focusing not only on homes and offices, but also vehicles and aircrafts, it details practical methods of measuring and assessing indoor air quality. Written by pioneering researchers, Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Risk toward Healthier Environment for All is a valuable resource for both new and established researchers as well as students seeking a comprehensive overview of the facts on indoor air quality and health. Also is also of interest to hygiene experts in industry, occupational health and safety professionals, governmental public health sectors and school physicians.
- Contents
- Part I. Introduction -- 1. Importance of Indoor Environmental Quality on Human Health toward Achievement of the SDGs -- Part II. Epidemiological Studies on Indoor Air Quality and Health -- 2. Sick Building/House Syndrome -- 3. Associations with Home Environment for Asthma, Rhinitis and Dermatitis -- 4. Offices -- 5. The Indoor Environment in Schools, Kindergartens and Day Care Centres -- 6. In-Vehicle Exposures at Transportation and the Health Concerns -- Part III. Factors Determining Indoor Air Qualities and Their Health Impacts -- 7. Aldehydes, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), and Health -- 8. Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs): Phthalates and Phosphorous Frame Retardants and Health Risks -- 9. Microbial Agents in the Indoor Environment: Associations with Health -- 10. Dampness, Indoor Mould and Health -- 11. Particles Matter, Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide -- 12. Combustion and Cookstoves -- 13. Indoor Thermal Environment and Cardiovascular Diseases -- Part IV. Provision for Improving Indoor Environment Quality and Health -- 14. Housing Performance and Equipment for Healthy Indoor Environment -- 15. Sick Building Syndrome (SBS), Personality, Psychosocial Factors and Treatment -- 16. Guidelines and Regulations for Indoor Environmental Quality -- Part V. Conclusion -- 17. Future Directions of Research on Indoor Environment, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), and Health.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
A review of human carcinogens. Part E, Personal habits and indoor combustions
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat25923
IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans.
--Lyon, France:
International Agency for Research on Cancer | World Health Organization
, 2012.
- Call Number
- WA 465 I11r 2012 v. E REF
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Call Number
- WA 465 I11r 2012 v. E REF
- Corporate Author
- IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans
- Place of Publication
- Lyon, France
- Publisher
- International Agency for Research on Cancer
- World Health Organization
- Date of Publication
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 575 p.
- Series Vol.
- v. 100 E
- ISBN
- 9789283213222
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Smoking - adverse effects
- Tobacco Smoke Pollution - adverse effects
- Air Pollution, Indoor - adverse effects
- Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects
- Carcinogens
- Neoplasms - etiology
- Risk Factors
- Life Style
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
The Sports Medicine Physician
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44086
Sérgio Rocha Piedade, Andreas B. Imhoff, Mark Clatworthy, Moises Cohen, João Espregueira-Mendes, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This superbly illustrated book provides information of outstanding quality on the presentation and management of the entire range of sports injuries and conditions likely to be encountered by the sports medicine physician, as well as many other topics relating to sports activity, events, and outcomes. It is the product of close collaboration among members of several ISAKOS committees, and the chapter authors are clinicians and scientists from across the world who are acknowledged experts in spo…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Rocha Piedade, Sérgio
- Imhoff, Andreas B.
- Clatworthy, Mark
- Cohen, Moises
- Espregueira-Mendes, João
- Responsibility
- Sérgio Rocha Piedade, Andreas B. Imhoff, Mark Clatworthy, Moises Cohen, João Espregueira-Mendes, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 695 p.) : 273 illus., 233 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030104337
- 9783030104320 (Print ed.)
- 9783030104344 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Athletic Injuries
- Physical Conditioning, Human
- Sports Medicine
- Specialty
- Sports Medicine
- Abstract
- This superbly illustrated book provides information of outstanding quality on the presentation and management of the entire range of sports injuries and conditions likely to be encountered by the sports medicine physician, as well as many other topics relating to sports activity, events, and outcomes. It is the product of close collaboration among members of several ISAKOS committees, and the chapter authors are clinicians and scientists from across the world who are acknowledged experts in sports medicine and orthopedics. The book opens by discussing fundamental topics and principles, covering subjects such as the biomechanics of injuries, physiological demands in sports practice, sports activity at different ages, nutrition and hydration, strength and conditioning, injury prevention, recovery, rehabilitation, and return to play. Subsequent chapters focus in depth on overtraining injuries, neurological disorders, sports trauma to different parts of the body, and special clinical conditions. Further topics to be addressed are different scenarios in sports (e.g., indoor vs outdoor), sports equipment, biologic treatment of sports injuries, major sporting events, and patient-recorded outcome measures.
- Contents
- PART 1. Sports Practice Principles -- Multidisciplinary Sports Medicine Team -- Pre-participation Evaluation in Sports Practice -- Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injuries -- Physiological Demands in Sports Practice -- Sports Activity at Childhood and Adolescence -- Sports Activity at Adult Life and Old Age -- Oriented Warm-up -- Nutrition and Hydration -- Sports Rehabilitation -- Role of Strength and Conditioning Coach -- Sports Injuries Primary and Secondary Prevention -- Return to Play -- PART 2. Overtraining Injuries -- Achilles Tendinopathy -- Muscle Injuries -- Stress Fractures -- Shin Pain -- Groin Injuries -- PART 3. Neurological Disorders -- Seizures and Epilepsies -- Spine Injuries -- PART 4. Sports Trauma -- Face -- Thoracic -- Abdomen -- Shoulder -- Elbow -- Wrist and Hand -- Hip -- Knee -- Ankle and Foot -- PART 5. Special Conditions -- Female Athlete Triad and RED-S -- Sudden Cardiac Arrest -- Concussion -- Dopping -- Dermatological Injuries -- Oral Health -- Travelling Management -- Sports Management in Extreme Conditions -- Sports After Knee Arthroplasty -- Ringside physician -- PART 6. Different Scenarios in Sports -- Indoor Sports -- Outdoor Sports: Winter -- PART 7. Sports Equipment -- Sports Footwear: Problems and Advances -- PART 8. Biologics in Sports Injuries -- Biologic Treatment in Tendon and Muscle Injuries -- Biologic Treatment in Ligament Injuries -- Biologic Treatment in Meniscus Injuries -- PART 9. Major Events in Sports -- Olympic Games -- Paralympic Games -- FIFA World Cup -- Extreme Sports -- JUDO, Brazilian jiu-jistsu, and Mix Martial arts -- PART 10. PROMS -- Proms in Sports Medicine.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
A Systematic Review of Key Issues in Public Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39166
Stefania Boccia, Paolo Villari, Walter Ricciardi, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2015.
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- Location
- Online
This wide-ranging study reviews the state of public health worldwide and presents informed recommendations for real-world solutions. Identifying the most urgent challenges in the field, from better understanding the causes of acute diseases and chronic conditions to reducing health inequities, it reports on cost-effective, science-based, ethically sound interventions. Chapters demonstrate bedrock skills essential to developing best practices, including flexible thinking for entrenched problems,…
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- Other Authors
- Boccia, Stefania
- Villari, Paolo
- Ricciardi, Walter
- Responsibility
- Stefania Boccia, Paolo Villari, Walter Ricciardi, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 289 p. : 39 illus., 25 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319136202
- 9783319136196 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Global Health
- Health Policy
- Public Health
- Abstract
- This wide-ranging study reviews the state of public health worldwide and presents informed recommendations for real-world solutions. Identifying the most urgent challenges in the field, from better understanding the causes of acute diseases and chronic conditions to reducing health inequities, it reports on cost-effective, science-based, ethically sound interventions. Chapters demonstrate bedrock skills essential to developing best practices, including flexible thinking for entrenched problems, conducting health impact assessments, and working with decision-makers. From these current findings come long-term practice and policy goals for preventing disease, promoting health, and improving quality of life, both locally and globally. A sampling of the topics covered : Health trends of communicable diseases; Epidemiology of cancer and principles of prevention; Respiratory diseases and health disorders related to indoor and outdoor air pollution; Public health gerontology and active aging; Migrant and ethnic minority health; Public health genomics. A Systematic Review of Key Issues in Public Health offers graduate students in the discipline a firm grasp on the field as it presently stands, and a clear set of directions for its potential future.
- Contents
- Introduction and Global Burden of Disease -- Health Trends of Communicable diseases -- Global Burden and Health Trends of Non-Communicable diseases -- Cardiovascular disease (CVD) -- Epidemiology of Cancer and Principles of Prevention -- Obesity and Diabetes -- Respiratory diseases and health disorders related to indoor and outdoor air pollution -- Public health gerontology and active ageing -- Some ethical reflections in public health -- Injury prevention and safety promotion -- Migrant and ethnic minority health -- Public mental health -- Urban public health -- Public Health Genomics -- Health Impact Assessment: HIA -- Health in all Policies.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Review
- Location
- Online
Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults : A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44648
Tolly E. G. Epstein, Sharmilee M. Nyenhuis, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
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- Location
- Online
This comprehensive book presents an evidence-based approach to treating asthma in adults aged 65 and older, a vulnerable subset of patients who are more likely to experience higher morbidity and mortality rates, and often enduring higher financial burdens related to treatment. Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide is a unique resource, providing an up-to-date review of medication strategies, how asthma phenotypes and treatment decisions interact, and how con…
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Epstein, Tolly E.G.
- Nyenhuis, Sharmilee M.
- Responsibility
- Tolly E. G. Epstein, Sharmilee M. Nyenhuis, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 158 p.) : 11 illus., 8 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030205546
- 9783030205539 (Print ed.)
- 9783030205553 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aged
- Asthma - therapy
- Specialty
- Geriatrics
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Abstract
- This comprehensive book presents an evidence-based approach to treating asthma in adults aged 65 and older, a vulnerable subset of patients who are more likely to experience higher morbidity and mortality rates, and often enduring higher financial burdens related to treatment. Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide is a unique resource, providing an up-to-date review of medication strategies, how asthma phenotypes and treatment decisions interact, and how controlling asthma triggers impacts long-term asthma outcomes in older patients. Additionally, the book incorporates recent advances in alternative therapies that improve the patient’s quality of life. Opening discussions address the unique challenges of the differential diagnosis of asthma in older adults, as well as an examination of the significant medical comorbidities that co-exist with asthma. Subsequent chapters provide strategies to optimizing asthma management in this specific population, including information on case management that will assist allied health providers. Finally, the book closes with an analysis of several novel targets for therapy to treat severe asthma including biologics, macrolides and bronchial thermoplasty. Written by experts in the field, Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide is an indispensable resource for allergists, pulmonologists, family physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and all other allied clinicians.
- Contents
- 1. Scope of the Burden of Asthma in Older Adults -- 2. Difficulties in Physician and Self-Perception of Asthma in Older Adults -- 3. Objective Testing for Asthma in Older Adults -- 4. Distinguishing Asthma from Comorbid Conditions in Older Adults -- 5. Recent Barriers to Effective Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults and Strategies to Address Them -- 6. Medication Efficacy and Side Effects in Older Asthmatics -- 7. Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults with Significant Medical Comorbidities -- 8. Shared Decision-Making and Strategies to Optimize Adherence in Older Asthmatics -- 9. How Care Coordinators and Other Nursing Professionals Can Help Optimize Care of Asthma in Older Adults -- 10. Asthma Phenotypes of Older Adults -- 11. Controlling Triggers for Asthma in Older Adults: Environmental Allergens, Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollutants, and Infection -- 12. Novel and Alternative Therapies for Asthma in Older Adults.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
