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Environmental Medicine in Clinical Practice

By Honor Anthony, Sybil Birtwistle, Keith Eaton & Jonathan Maberly.

Published by the BSAENM

ISBN: 0952339722

Table of Contents

Section I. Efficacy And Mechanisms

Chapter 1.: The scope of environmental medicine
Chapter 2.: Historical background of environmental medicine
Chapter 3.: Review of efficacy
Chapter 4.: Symptom provocation by environmental factors and foods, possible mechanisms

Section II. Methods

Chapter 5.: Introduction to the methods of environmental medicine
Chapter 6.: Aeroallergens and aeroallergies
Chapter 7.: Chemical sensitivities - detection and management
Chapter 8.: Food allergy and intolerance - investigation and management
Chapter 9.: Gut dysfunction and distant symptoms
Chapter 10.: Nutritional aspects of management
Chapter 11.: Other problems
Chapter 12.: The use of medication in allergic patients
Chapter 13.: Specific prophylaxis
Chapter 14.: Environmentally-controlled units
Chapter 15.: Children and the Elderly
Chapter 16.: Symptoms and syndromes and their management

Section III. The Wider Implications of Environmental Medical Practice

Chapter 17: The size of the problem and of the potential benefits
Chapter 18: Environment and reproduction
Chapter 19: Buildings and the avoidance of chronic illness
Chapter 20: Issues concerning air, food and water
Chapter 21: Conclusions

Appendices

A: Addresses
B: Instructions and Help Sheets
C: Assessment and Record Charts
D: Notices and Questionnaires