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Indoor Allergens : Assessing and Controlling Adverse Health Effects.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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National Academies Press
1993.
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| Colección: | Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Indoor Allergens
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- INTRODUCTION
- The Allergic Reaction
- MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM
- AGENTS, SOURCES, AND SOURCE CONTROLS
- MECHANISMS OF IMMUNE FUNCTION
- MEDICAL TESTING METHODS
- Medical History
- Skin Tests
- In Vitro Tests
- Pulmonary Function Tests
- ASSESSING EXPOSURE AND RISK
- ENGINEERING CONTROL STRATEGIES
- THE ROLE OF EDUCATION
- RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESEARCH AGENDA
- Recommendations
- AGENTS, SOURCES, SOURCE CONTROLS, AND DISEASES
- Dust Mite, Cockroach, and Other ArthropodaMEDICAL TESTING METHODS
- Skin Tests
- Pulmonary Function Tests
- ASSESSING EXPOSURE AND RISK
- ENGINEERING CONTROL STRATEGIES
- THE ROLE OF EDUCATION
- Patients
- Health Care Providers
- Engineers, Architects, and Building Maintenance Personnel
- Research Agenda
- MAGNITUDE AND DIMENSIONS OF SENSITIZATION AND DISEASE
- AGENTS, SOURCES, SOURCE CONTROLS, AND DISEASES
- Dust Mite, Cockroach, and Other Arthropoda
- Mammals and Birds
- Microbial Allergens
- Chemicals
- PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS
- MECHANISMS OF IMMUNE FUNCTIONMEDICAL TESTING METHODS
- Medical History and Diagnosis
- Skin Tests
- In Vitro Tests
- Pulmonary Function
- ASSESSING EXPOSURE AND RISK
- ENGINEERING CONTROL STRATEGIES
- 1 Introduction
- ALLERGENS AND THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT
- CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS
- SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT
- 2 Magnitude and Dimensions of Sensitization and Disease Caused by Indoor Allergens
- IMMUNOLOGIC SENSITIZATION
- Risk Factors
- Other Types of Sensitization
- DISEASES
- Common Diseases Clearly Related to Allergy and IgE AntibodyALLERGIC ASTHMA
- Definition and Diagnosis
- Attributable Fraction
- Prevalence
- Incidence
- Impact
- Trends Over Time
- Risk factors
- Demographics
- ALLERGIC RHINITIS
- Prevalence and Incidence
- Risk Factors
- ECZEMA
- Atopic Dermatitis
- Allergic Contact Dermatitis
- Less Common Diseases Clearly Related to Allergy
- ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS
- Prevalence
- HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS
- Prevalence
- Disease Severity
- Risk Factors
- HUMIDIFIER FEVERPrevalence
- Common Diseases Possibly Related to Allergy
- SINUSITIS
- Prevalence and Severity
- Risk Factors
- CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
- SICK BUILDING SYNDROME
- SPECIFIC BUILDING-RELATED ILLNESS
- ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES
- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- 3 Agents, Sources, Source Controls, and Diseases
- DUST MITE, COCKROACH, AND OTHER ARTHROPODA
- Dust Mites as a Source of Indoor Allergens
- DUST MITE ALLERGENS
- COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ALLERGEN EXTRACTS
- Insects as a Source of Indoor Allergens
- DOMESTIC COCKROACHES