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Occupational health practice / edited by H. A. Waldron and C. Edling.

Contributor(s): Waldron, H. A.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; Boston : Butterworths, 1997Edition: 4th ed.Description: xiv, 319 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0750627204.Subject(s): Industrial hygiene | Medicine, Industrial | Occupational diseases | Industrial safetyDDC classification: 616.9803
Contents:
The medical role in occupational health / C Edling and H A Waldron -- Preplacement screening and fitness to work / H A Waldron -- Basic toxicology / B Hellman -- Principles of occupational epidemiology / O Axelson -- Risk assessment / V T Covello -- Risk communication / V T Covello -- Survey design / K M Venables -- Sickness absence / S J Searle -- Biological monitoring: general principles / P Hoet, V Haufroid, A Bernard and R Lauwerys -- Biological monitoring and genotoxicity / B Hellman -- Current occupational health problems / C Edling -- Cancer in the workplace / H Vainio -- Male reproductive effects / M -L Lindbohm, M Sallmen and A Anttila -- Pregnancy and work / H Taskinen and M -L Lindbohm -- The management of occupational asthma and hyperreactive airways disease in the workplace / P Sherwood Burge -- Occupational skin diseases / P -J Coenraads and C Timmer -- Musculoskeletal disorders / E -P Takala -- Noise / A Kjellberg -- Psychosocial factors in the work environment - an occupational medicine perspective / T Theorell -- Substance abuse / Ch Mellner -- Preventing occupational injury / N Carter and E Menckel -- Rehabilitation and prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders / K Ekberg.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A new co-author together with experienced international authors bring this edition in line with current occupational health thinking. With many new chapters and complete revision of existing chapters, occupational health professionals in training and in practice will welcome this new edition

Previous ed.: 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The medical role in occupational health / C Edling and H A Waldron -- Preplacement screening and fitness to work / H A Waldron -- Basic toxicology / B Hellman -- Principles of occupational epidemiology / O Axelson -- Risk assessment / V T Covello -- Risk communication / V T Covello -- Survey design / K M Venables -- Sickness absence / S J Searle -- Biological monitoring: general principles / P Hoet, V Haufroid, A Bernard and R Lauwerys -- Biological monitoring and genotoxicity / B Hellman -- Current occupational health problems / C Edling -- Cancer in the workplace / H Vainio -- Male reproductive effects / M -L Lindbohm, M Sallmen and A Anttila -- Pregnancy and work / H Taskinen and M -L Lindbohm -- The management of occupational asthma and hyperreactive airways disease in the workplace / P Sherwood Burge -- Occupational skin diseases / P -J Coenraads and C Timmer -- Musculoskeletal disorders / E -P Takala -- Noise / A Kjellberg -- Psychosocial factors in the work environment - an occupational medicine perspective / T Theorell -- Substance abuse / Ch Mellner -- Preventing occupational injury / N Carter and E Menckel -- Rehabilitation and prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders / K Ekberg.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • The medical role in occupational health
  • Preplacement screening and fitness to work
  • Basic toxicology
  • Principles of occupational epidemiology
  • Risk assessment
  • Risk communication
  • Survey design
  • Sickness absence
  • Biological monitoring: general princ
  • Biological monitoring and genotoxicity
  • Current occupational health problems
  • Cancer in the workplace
  • Male reproductive effects
  • Pregnancy and work
  • The management of occupational asthma and hyper-active airways disease in the workplace
  • Occupational skin diseases
  • Musculoskeletal disorders
  • Noise
  • Psycho-social problems in the work environment - an occupational medicine perspective
  • Preventing occupational injury
  • Rehabilitation and prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Edling, C, PhD MD, Professor of Occupational Medicine, Department of Occupational and Envrionmental Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden. WALDRON, HA, PhD MD FRCP FFOM, Consultant Occupational Physician, London, UK.

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