Occupational health : recognizing and preventing work-related disease /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Little, Brown,
[1995]
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Work and health
- Occupational health in the global context: An American perspective / Barry S. Levy and David H. Wegman
- The social context of occupational health / Charles Levenstein, John Wooding, and Beth Rosenberg
- Recognition and prevention of occupational disease
- Recognizing occupational disease / David H. Wegman, Barry S. Levy, and William E. Halperin
- Preventing occupational disease / David H. Wegman and Barry S. Levy
- Epidemiology / Ellen A. Eisen and David H. Wegman.
- Occupational hygiene / Thomas J. Smith and Thomas Schneider
- Occupational safety: Prevention of accidents and overt trauma / W. Monroe Keyserling
- Occupational ergonomics: Promoting safety and health through work design / W. Monroe Keyserling
- Government regulation of occupational health and safety / Nicholas A. Ashford
- Workers' compensation / Leslie I. Boden
- Ability to work and disability evaluation / Jay S. Himmelstein and Glenn S. Pransky
- Ethics in occupational and environmental health / Kathleen M. Rest.
- Hazardous workplace exposures
- Toxins and their effects / Howard Frumkin with cases by James Melius
- Carcinogens / Howard Frumkin
- Ionizing radiation / Arthur C. Upton
- Noise and hearing impairment / Robert I. Davis and Roger P. Hamernik
- Other physical hazards and their effects / Stephen Kales and Howard Hu
- Infectious agents / Nelson M. Gantz
- Occupational strees / Dean B. Baker and Robert A. Karasek
- Shiftwork / Torbjorn Akerstedt and Anders Knutsson
- Building-related factors: An evolving concern / Kathleen Kreiss.
- Occupational disorders by system
- Respiratory disorders / David C. Chrisders and David H. Wegman
- Musculoskeletal disorders / Gunnar B.J. Andersson, Lawrence J. Fine, and Barbara A. Silverstein
- Skin Disorders / Kenneth A. Arndt, Michael Bigby, and Serge A. Coopman
- Eye Disorders / Paul F. Vinger and David H. Sliney
- Disorders of the nervous system / Edward L. Baker, Jr., and Richard Schottenfeld
- Reproductive disorders / Maureen Paul
- Cardiovascular disorders / Gilles P. Theriault.
- Hematologic disordrs / Bernard D. Goldstein and Howard M. Kipen
- Hepatic disorders / Glenn S. Pransky
- Renal and urinary tract disorders / Ruth Lilis and Philip J. Landrigan
- Selected groups of workers
- Women and work / Margaret Quinn, Susan R. Woskie, and Beth Rosenberg
- Minority workers / Morris E. Davis, Andrew S. Rowland, Bailus Walker, Jr., and Andrea Kidd Taylor
- Labor unions and occupational health / Michael Silverstein
- Agricultural workers / Richard Fenske and Nancy J. Simcox
- Construction workers / Knut Ringen, Anders Englund, and Jane Seegal
- How to research the toxic effects of chemical substances / Stephen Zoloth and David Michaels.