Occupational and Environmental Health

副标题: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury

ISBN: 9780781755511

出版社: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

出版年: 2005-11-01

页数: 847

定价: USD 69.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

This thoroughly updated Fifth Edition is a comprehensive, practical guide to recognizing, preventing, and treating work-related and environmentally-induced injuries and diseases. Chapters by experts in medicine, industry, labor, government, safety, ergonomics, environmental health, and psychology address the full range of clinical and public health concerns. Numerous case studies, photographs, drawings, graphs, and tables help readers understand key concepts.

This edition features new chapters on environmental health, including water pollution, hazardous waste, global environmental hazards, the role of nongovernmental organizations in environmental health, and responding to community environmental health concerns. Other new chapters cover conducting workplace investigations and assessing and enforcing compliance with health and safety regulations.