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Occupational and Environmental Health

Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury

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This thoroughly updated Fifth Edition is a comprehensive, practical guide to recognizing, preventing, and treating work-related and environmentally-induced injuries and diseases. Chapters by experts in medicine, industry, labor, government, safety, ergonomics, environmental health, and psychology address the full range of clinical and public health concerns. Numerous case studies, photographs, drawings, graphs, and tables help readers understand key concepts.

This edition features new chapters on environmental health, including water pollution, hazardous waste, global environmental hazards, the role of nongovernmental organizations in environmental health, and responding to community environmental health concerns. Other new chapters cover conducting workplace investigations and assessing and enforcing compliance with health and safety regulations.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
42198
9780781755511
9780781755511

Data sheet

Publication date
2005
Issue number
5
Cover
paperback
Pages count
847
Dimensions (mm)
178 x 254
Weight (g)
1202
  • Work, Environment, and Health
    1 Occupational and Environmental Health:: An Overview 3

    2 The Social Context of Occupational and Environmental Health 21

    3 Government Regulation 39

    4 Legal Remedies 74

    5 Ethics in Occupational and Environmental Health 105

    Recognition, Assessment, and Prevention 6 Recognizing Occupational and Environmental Disease and Injury 131

    7 Preventing Occupational and Environmental Disease and Injury 148

    8 Epidemiology 172

    9 Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 190

    10 Safety 218

    11 Occupational Ergonomics:: Promoting Safety and Health Through Work Design 238

    12 Clinical Occupational and Environmental Health Practice 251

    Hazardous Exposures 13 Chemical Hazards 269

    14 Physical Hazards 311
    14A Noise 312
    14B Vibration 322
    14C Extremes of Temperature 332
    14D Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation 345

    15 Biological Hazards 366

    16 Occupational Stress 382

    17 Ambient Air Pollution 397

    18 Indoor Air Quality 415

    19 Water Quality 427

    20 Hazardous Waste 441

    21 Global Environmental Changes 451

    22 Injuries 471

    23 Musculoskeletal Disorders 488

    24 Cancer 517

    25 Respiratory Disorders 543

    26 Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders 570

    27 Hearing Disorders 587

    28 Skin Disorders 598

    29 Reproductive and Developmental Disorders 612

    30 Cardiovascular, Renal, Hepatic, and Hematologic Disorders 624

    An Integrated Approach to Prevention 31 Disparities in Occupational and Environmental Exposures and Health 641

    32 Addressing Health and Safety Hazards in Specific Industries:: Agriculture, Construction, and Health Care 661

    33 Conducting Workplace Investigations 683

    34 Labor Unions:: Their Role in Occupational and Environmental Health 697

    35 The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Environmental Health 710

    36 Responding to Community Environmental Health Concerns 722

    37 Regulations in Practice:: Assessing and Enforcing Compliance with Health and Safety Regulations 738

    Index 755
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