The latest, sixth, edition published in 2022 offers an updated overview of current occupational health practices. There are new chapters on occupational exposure in different industries and specific processes. Includes special issues such as working hours, shift work, alcohol and drug use testing, eHealth, military populations, fatigue, and sleep disorders as well as offering an international perspective on topics such as migrant working populations.
Also includes:
- Practical discussions of clinical evaluations, including pre-employment placement, fitness for work, health assessments, health surveillance, and medical records
- Examinations of medicolegal report writing and the legal and ethical aspects of occupational health
- In-depth examinations of occupational toxicology, occupational hygiene, chemical/physical/biological/psychosocial hazards, and the principles of risk assessment and risk management along with the latest on control toolkits
- Helpful tables, graphs, and figures throughout
Table of Contents
Foreword
- Introduction
- Occupational Health Services - An International Perspective
- Occupational Diseases
- Occupational Infections
- Clinical Evaluations
- Occupational Toxicology
- Occupational Cancer
- Occupational Hygiene - Gases, Vapors, Dusts and Fibres
- Physical Hazards - Light, Heat, Noise, Vibration, Pressure and Radiation
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Pyschosocial Aspects of the Workplace
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Management
- Principles of Occupational Epidemiology
- Control of Airborne Contaminants
- Personal Protection of the Worker
- Tertiary Prevention
- Special Issues in Occupational Health
- Expert and Medicolegal Report Writing
- Ethical Aspects of Occupational Health
Index
| Publication Date | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Format | Softcover, 480 pages |
| Product Code | 28113 |
