In the newly revised Sixth Edition of Pocket Consultant: Occupational Health, an accomplished and distinguished team of researchers and practitioners deliver a fully updated overview of current occupational health practices. The book offers a complete, international perspective that includes discussions of issues like migrant working populations, and new chapters on occupational exposure in different industries and specific processes. Special issues such as working hours and shift work, alcohol and drug use testing, eHealth, military populations, fatigue, and sleep disorders are also discussed at length. Readers will also find:
- A thorough introduction to occupational health, including people involved, the roles of occupational health professionals, industrial processes, and health outcomes
- Comprehensive explorations of occupational health services at an international level, occupational diseases, and occupational infections
- 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
Table of Contents
Foreword vii
1 Introduction 1
2 Occupational Health Services - An International Perspective 10
3 Occupational Diseases 23
4 Occupational Infections 58
5 Clinical Evaluations 77
6 Occupational Toxicology 87
7 Occupational Cancer 127
8 Occupational Hygiene - Gases, Vapours, Dusts and Fibres 139
9 Physical Hazards - Light, Heat, Noise, Vibration, Pressure and Radiation 167
10 Musculoskeletal Disorders 216
11 Psychosocial Aspects of the Workplace 224
12 Risk Assessment 249
13 Risk Management 298
14 Principles of Occupational Epidemiology 309
15 Control of Airborne Contaminants 328
16 Personal Protection of the Worker 351
17 Tertiary Prevention 373
18 Special Issues in Occupational Health 377
19 Expert and Medicolegal Report Writing 439
20 Ethical Aspects of Occupational Health 445
Index 455
