Jean-Luc Malo; Moira Chan-Yeung; David I. Bernstein
Occupational factors are responsible for a large percentage of cases of asthma in adults of working age. Any irritant generated at high concentrations can cause occupational asthma, and early diagnosis is critical because cure is still possible at this stage. This latest edition of Asthma in the …
Harald Throne-Holst; Eivind Soto; Pal Strandbakken; Gerd Scholl
In recent years, questions about democratic influence on science and technology have received much attention. The lesson from the European unrest over GMO is that consumer-citizens will react negatively to being forced to accept the introduction of new, partly untested technologies. A number of …
Pedro Arezes; João Santos Baptista; Monica P. Barroso; Paula Carneiro; Patrício Cordeiro; Nelson Costa; Rui B. Melo; A. Sergio Miguel; Gonçalo Perestrelo
Occupational Safety and Hygiene presents selected papers from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene – SHO2013 (Guimarães, Portugal, 14-15 February 2013), which was organized by the Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO). The contributions from 15 …