Occupational Health Practice

H A Waldron

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780407337022
• eBook ISBN: 9781483164267
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Occupational Health Practice, Third Edition is a comprehensive account of the practice of protecting and improving health in the workplace. Topics covered by this book include pre-placement screening; principles of toxicology; the mental health of people at work; and thermal stresses in occupations. The principles of occupational epidemiology, sickness absence, toxicity testing of industrial chemicals, ergonomics, and the use of protective clothing in the workplace are also discussed. This book is comprised of 28 chapters and begins by outlining developments in occupational health practice, along with the monitoring of occupational diseases. The chapters that follow explore the mental health of people at work and the health effects of vibration, noise, and ionizing radiation in the workplace. The text also considers emergency medical treatment in the workplace; vocational rehabilitation and resettlement of people with disabilities; occupational health services for migrant workers; and special problems in occupational health in developing countries. The final chapter describes health promotion and counseling in the workplace. Suggestions as to how the occupational health professional should deal with perturbations in the health of the worker and workplace are included. This monograph will be of value to occupational health practitioners.

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Preface to the Third Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• Contributors
• Chapter 1: Developments in occupational health
• Chapter 2: Pre-placement screening
• Chapter 3: Principles of toxicology
• Chapter 4: The introduction and monitoring of occupational diseases
• Chapter 5: Mental health of people at work
• Chapter 6: Vibration
• Chapter 7: Noise
• Chapter 8: Ionizing radiation
• Chapter 9: Thermal stresses in occupations
• Chapter 10: Biological monitoring of exposure to industrial chemicals
• Chapter 11: Pulmonary function and assessment
• Chapter 12: Audiometry
• Chapter 13: Vaccination policies
• Chapter 14: Principles of occupational epidemiology
• Chapter 15: Survey design
• Chapter 16: Atmospheric monitoring
• Chapter 17: Analytical methods
• Chapter 18: Sickness absence
• Chapter 19: Toxicity testing of industrial chemicals
• Chapter 20: Ergonomics
• Chapter 21: Protective clothing
• Chapter 22: Health effects of hyperbaric environments
• Chapter 23: Treatment and first aid services
• Chapter 24: Emergency medical treatment
• Chapter 25: Vocational rehabilitation and resettlement
• Chapter 26: Migrant workers
• Chapter 27: Special problems in developing countries
• Chapter 28: Health promotion and counselling
• Index