The breasts
Chapter 14 The breasts Blessed is the physician who takes a good history, looks keenly at his patient and thinks a bit. Walter C Alvarez (1976) Breast examination is a…
GENERAL SURGERY
The general principles of history taking
Chapter 1 The general principles of history taking Medicine is learned by the bedside and not in the classroom. Sir William Osler (1849–1919) An extensive knowledge of medical facts is…
Advanced history taking
Chapter 2 Advanced history taking ‘First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.’ Steve Martin Most complaints about doctors relate…
Skin Sensitization Model Based on Only Animal Data by Qualitative Structure-Toxicity Relationships (QSTR) Approach
Fig. 7.1 Linear discriminant function to classify all samples [7] Fig. 7.2 Highly overlapped samples could not be classified completely by linear and nonlinear discriminant function [7] In the process…
Skin Exposure to Nanoparticles and Possible Sensitization Risk
Industries Material handled Potential for skin exposure Production of nanomaterials NPs Yes Production of nanocomposites NPs Yes Pharmaceutical industry NPs, liquid Yes Toner production NPs Yes Food production Liquid Yes…
Engineered Nanomaterials and Occupational Allergy
Manufactured nanomaterial Cell model/species Mechanisms/effects References Barium sulphate BaSO4 Ion release [19, 22] Protein corona Carbon nanotubes, multiwalled (MWCNs) C Human T cells (mitogen-stimulated)/healthy and allergic humans Induction of…
Traditional and Emerging Occupational Asthma in Japan
Type of work Prevalence (%) Konjac maker 5.0 Sericulturist 9.0 Polyurethane industry worker 16.4 Worker in plastic greenhouses of strawberry 4.6 Worker in plastic greenhouses of shiitake mushroom 5.0 It…
Suppressive Effects of Asbestos Exposure on the Human Immune Surveillance System
Immune cell type Kinds of asbestos fiber for exposure or analyzed patients exposed to asbestos Findings References NK cell [23–28] Human NK cell line, YT-A1 Cultivation with chrysotile Reduction of…
Non Pulmonary Effects of Isocyanates
© Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017Takemi Otsuki, Claudia Petrarca and Mario Di Gioacchino (eds.)Allergy and Immunotoxicology in Occupational HealthCurrent Topics in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine10.1007/978-981-10-0351-6_10 10. Non Pulmonary Effects of Isocyanates Paola Pedata1 , Anna Rita Corvino1, Monica Lamberti1, Claudia Petrarca2,…
Particulate-Driven Type-2 Immunity and Allergic Responses
Fig. 5.1 Innate immunity is required for the induction of adaptive immunity. Innate cells sense pathogen via PRRs such as TLR, and then PRRs transduce activating signals into cells. Activated…
