Occupational Health (Pocket Consultant)

by HARRINGTON (Author)

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  Paperback
  1987

  $38.57

  Combining both occupational medicine and workplace environmental control in one volume, this book is specifically written for medical and paramedical staff in industrial and commercial life. Subjects covered range from the organization of occupational health services and periodic medical examinations, to the effects of specific harmful agents on human target organs, the measurement of such agents and worker exposure. Relevant legislation, codes of practice, standards and HSE Guidance Notes are listed against specific substances, and a chapter on education and training in the field is included. Useful addresses and advice on further reading conclude the book. It is laid out in an easy-to-read format and is designed as a synoptic account of the subject.

• Used

  Paperback
  1992

  $3.61

  A clinical guide to occupational health, this edition has been revised to cover all legislative changes, and the chapters on evaluating workplace exposure have been reorganized. It covers medicine and hygiene, and the law section has been expanded to offer a European perspective. The book is a clinical guide aimed at physicians, nurses, occupational hygienists, safety officers, environmental health oficers and personnel managers. It should also be useful as a course book for the interested medical student.