OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE - MEETING THE GROWING NEED FOR CLINICAL SERVICES

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作者
ROSENSTOCK, L
REST, KM
BENSON, JA
CANNELLA, JM
COHEN, J
CULLEN, MR
DAVIDOFF, F
LANDRIGAN, PJ
REYNOLDS, RC
CLEVER, LH
ELLIS, GB
GOLDSTEIN, BD
机构
[1] NATL ACAD SCI,INST MED,DIV HLTH PROMOT & DIS PREVENT,WASHINGTON,DC 20418
[2] UNIV MASSACHUSETTS,WORCESTER,MA 01605
[3] AMER BOARD INTERNAL MED,PORTLAND,OR
[4] MOBIL OIL CORP,NEW YORK,NY
[5] SUNY STONY BROOK,STONY BROOK,NY 11794
[6] YALE UNIV,SCH MED,NEW HAVEN,CT 06510
[7] AMER COLL PHYSICIANS,PHILADELPHIA,PA
[8] MT SINAI MED CTR,NEW YORK,NY 10029
[9] ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FDN,PRINCETON,NJ 08540
[10] PACIFIC PRESBYTERIAN MED CTR,SAN FRANCISCO,CA
[11] INST MED,WASHINGTON,DC
[12] UNIV MED & DENT NEW JERSEY,ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MED SCH,PISCATAWAY,NJ 08854
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10.1056/NEJM199109263251305
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
ENVIRONMENTAL and occupational diseases encompass a wide range of human illness and are important causes of disability and death in modern American society.1,2 They include lung cancer and mesothelioma in persons exposed to asbestos, leukemia in persons exposed to benzene, asthma and chronic bronchitis in persons exposed to organic dusts, lung cancer in persons exposed to radon, chronic disorders of the nervous system in workers exposed to solvents, kidney failure and hypertension in persons chronically exposed to lead, heart disease in persons exposed to carbon disulfide, impairment of reproductive function in persons exposed to certain solvents and pesticides, and chronic. © 1991, Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.
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