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Current Approaches to Occupational Health.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Ward Gardner, A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, England : Wright, 1987.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (375 pages) : illustrations.
Subjects:
Occupational diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Medicine, Industrial.
Online Access:Elsevier - Click here for access
Contents:
  • Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Contributors; Contributors; Chapter 1: LOW-HUMIDITY OCCUPATIONAL DERMATOSES; Publisher Summary; PRURITUS; PRURITUS AND URTICARIA; LOW-GRADE ECZEMA; UNDER-REPORTING; OTHER CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS; OTHER OCCUPATIONS; TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 2: OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; Publisher Summary; WHAT IS ASTHMA?; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; SELECTION OF WORKPEOPLE; CLINICAL ASPECTS; SURVEILLANCE OF EXPOSED GROUPS; LUNG FUNCTION STUDIES; IMMUNOLOGICAL TESTS; CASE MANAGEMENT AND PROGNOSIS; PREVENTION AND PROTECTION.
  • AETIOLOGY OF OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMACONCLUSION; Chapter 3: MONITORING FOR NEW OCCUPATIONAL RISKS OF CANCER; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; THEORETICAL BACKGROUND; METHODS USED TO SCREEN FOR NEW OCCUPATIONAL RISKS OF CANCER; SELECTION OF CLUES FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION; PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE; Chapter 4: ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND HEALTH EFFECTS; Publisher Summary; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; STUDIES OF HUMAN EXPOSURE; LABORATORY STUDIES ON HUMAN VOLUNTEERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; CARDIAC PACEMAKERS; REGULATION; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; Acknowledgements; Chapter 5: GASES.
  • Publisher SummaryDEFINITIONS; RANGE OF INJURY CAUSED BY GASES; DISTRIBUTION OF GASES; ANATOMY OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT; GENERAL EFFECTS OF GASES; VERY COLD LIQUEFIED GASES; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; ACUTE TOXICITY AND EXPOSURE LIMITS; CLASSIFICATION OF TOXIC GASES; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6: LEPTOSPIROSIS; Publisher Summary; CLASSIFICATION(Table 6.1); GROWTH; SEROLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL PRESENTATION; HUMAN EPIDEMIOLOGY OF LEPTOSPIROSIS; CATTLE-ASSOCIATED LEPTOSPIROSIS; Chapter 7: CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS, INTERCONTINENTAL TRAVEL AND SHIFTWORK; Publisher Summary.
  • BACKGROUNDTIME-ZONE TRANSITION; NIGHT WORK; THE FUTURE; SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS; Chapter 8: PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF FITNESS FOR WORK; Publisher Summary; THE EFFECT OF MENTAL DISORDER ON WORK; THE EFFECT OF WORK ON MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS AND WORK; MANIC-DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS AND WORK; SCHIZOPHRENIA AND WORK; DEMENTIA AND WORK; THE IDENTIFICATION OF CASES BY QUESTIONNAIRE; SOURCES OF STRESS IN WORK; Chapter 9: IDENTIFYING AND HELPING PROBLEM DRINKERS AT WORK; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; OCCUPATIONS WITH A HIGH INCIDENCE OF PROBLEM DRINKING.
  • DEALING WITH ALCOHOLISM AND PROBLEM DRINKING AT WORKChapter 10: ACIDIC DEPOSITION; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; SOURCES OF POLLUTION; POLLUTANT DISPERSAL; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; RAIN CHEMISTRY; EFFECTS; FUTURE TRENDS; Chapter 11: TOXICOLOGY, ITS APPLICATION AND INTERNATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAMMES; Publisher Summary; THE APPLICATION OF TOXICOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAMMES; Chapter 12: THE OIL INDUSTRY; Publisher Summary; BASIC CHEMISTRY; EXPLORATION; HAZARDS OF EXPLORATION; PRODUCTION AND ITS HAZARDS; TRANSPORTATION AND ITS HAZARDS; REFINING; HEALTH HAZARDS IN REFINERIES.

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