Main description:

Offers a comprehensive approach to modern imaging of environmental and occupational diseases of the chest
Pays particular attention to the role of computed tomography in the detection of early subclinical abnormalities

Considers new groups of workers at risk of exposure to agents that may cause pneumoconiosis

Written by internationally acclaimed experts

Contents:

The Basics for Understanding Imaging: Epidemiolog.- Responses of the Respiratory System to Inhaled Agents (Airways, Lung, and Pleura).- Mineral Dusts and Fibers.- Bioaerosols and Organic Dusts.- Chemicals and Pollutants (Including Acute Lung Injury and Long-Term Sequellae).- Diagnostic Techniques.- Imaging Techniques.- ILO Classification.- Lung Function Studies.- Mineralogic Analyses.- Immunological Methods.- Imaging: Lung Effects of Cigarette Smoking.- Silicosis.- Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis.- Asbestosis.- Benign Asbestos-Related Pleural Diseases.- Malignant Mesothelioma.- Berylliosis.- Hard-Metal and Cobalt Disease.- Dental Technician's Pneumoconiosis.- Other Uncommon Pneumoconioses.- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.- Subject Index.- List of Contributors