| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 279 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : why silicosis? / Paul-Andre Rosental -- Why is silicosis so important? / Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner -- The genesis and development of the scientific concept of pulmonary silicosis during the nineteenth century / Alberto Baldasseroni and Francesco Carnevale -- Johannesburg and beyond : silicosis as a transnational and imperial disease (1900-1940) / Jock McCulloch and Paul-Andre Rosental, with Joe Melling -- The politics of recognition and its limitations : legislating on silicosis in the first half of the twentieth century-a national or transnational process? / Martin Lengwiler, Julia Moses, Bernard Thomann with Joseph Melling -- Silicosis and "silicosis" : minimizing compensation costs, or, Why do occupational diseases cost so little? / Paul-Andre Rosental and Bernard Thomann -- Silica or coal? design and implementation of dust prevention in the collieries in western economies (circa 1930-1980) / Eric Geerkens -- Conclusion : silica, silicosis and occupational health in the globalized world of the twenty-first century / Francesco Carnevale, Paul-Andre Rosental and Bernard Thomann |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Silicosis -- History
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Occupational Health -- History
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Silicosis -- history
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History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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Occupational Exposure -- history
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Silicosis
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rosental, Paul-André, editor
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| ISBN |
9781421421568 |
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1421421569 |
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1421421569 |
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