Occupational Health Pocket Consultant

by Aw, Tar-Ching; Gardiner, Kerry; Harrington, J. M.

• ISBN13: 9781405122214
• ISBN10: 1405122218
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-04
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Compiled by experts from the UK's leading centers for occupational health, the fifth edition of Pocket Consultant: Occupational Health remains the popular ready reference for occupational health practitioners. Used by multidisciplinary groups - including nurses, doctors, safety professionals - this Pocket Consultant is now the standard text for many Occupational Health (OH) courses. The international team of authors combines many years of teaching and research experience in major OH centers - including the University of Kent, University of Birmingham, and International Occupational Health Ltd in Birmingham, UK - providing access to the highest level of expertise for students and practitioners.

Author Biography

Dr Ching Aw, Professor, University of Kent at Canterbury

Dr Kerry Gardiner was the Acting-Director of the Institute of Occupational Health (IOH), University of Birmingham, from mid-2000 to early 2003. He joined the Institute in 1987, having gained approximately a year's field experience as a consultant in London directly after graduating with a degree in Occupational Hygiene. His career at the IOH started as a Research Associate with specific responsibility for a large trans-European respiratory morbidity study; from which he gained his PhD. Despite a multitude of interests his particular area of research revolves around the use of exposure data in exposure-response analyses. Over time, he was appointed to a Lectureship, followed in 1997 by a Senior Lectureship. From March 2000 until April 2001, he was the President of the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS); during this term he spent his time ensuring that the Society contributed actively to Securing Health Together and trying to persuade other Learned/Professional Bodies to work actively together to address the essential tenet of disease/illness prevention. He is currently visiting Professor at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Malcolm Harrington - CBE, BSc, MSc, MD, FRCP, FFOM, FFOM(1), FACE, FPHM, Emeritus Professor of Occupational Health, Univeristy of Birmingham.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Foreword	ix
Introduction	1	(12)
Occupational Health Services---an International Perspective	13	(10)
Occupational Diseases	23	(38)
Occupational Infections	61	(10)
Occupational Toxicology	71	(44)
Occupational Hygiene---Gases, Vapours, Dusts and Fibres	115	(26)
Physical Hazards---Light, Heat, Noise, Vibration, Pressure and Radiation	141	(44)
Musculoskeletal Disorders	185	(6)
Psychosocial Aspects of the Workplace	191	(12)
Risk Assessment	203	(46)
Control of Air-borne Contaminants	249	(22)
Personal Protection of the Worker	271	(22)
Special Issues in Occupational Health	293	(14)
Legal Aspects of Occupational Health	307	(30)
Sources of Information	337	(18)
Index	355