This highly illustrated text and atlas provides a unique pictorial account of occupationally related disorders, and the processes that give rise to them.
Serving as a concise textbook as well as an illustrative reference, the atlas covers all the major occupational disorders and their causes with a particular focus on disease recognition, risk assessment and prevention of occupational diseases. Emphasising clinical and diagnostic aspects, each group of images is accompanied by a brief, but full, description of the condition being illustrated. The high quality illustrations comprise mainly full-colour photographs drawn from a number of international sources.
The comprehensive content is divided into sections according to the conditions being presented. Parts One and Two describe, respectively, diseases associated with chemical and physical agents including the effects of exposure to metals, pesticides, noise, heat and cold. Part Three describes diseases relating to ergonomic and mechanical factors, while Part Four looks at those associated with microbiological agents including TB and malaria. Further Parts consider occupational disorders of the skin and lung, occupationally related cancers and reproductive effects. Consideration is also given to the important areas of work and mental health, and to workplace assessment and worker protection.
Ideal for the trainee and practising occupational health physician, general practitioners, and occupational and public health practitioners, the book will also be a useful reference for occupational health nurses and occupational hygienists, trainees specialising in internal medicine and medical students.
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In conclusion this book is enjoyable to read and useful as an addition to other more comprehensive textbooks for those studying occupational medicine. It would also make a good addition to a training departments' library.
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Although primarily aimed at trainees, introducing them to the variety of work-related disorders, it will also be useful to the experienced practitioner. It contains over 200 photographs and line drawings, drawn from Hunter's collection of classic images, as well as a wide variety of international sources.
Occupational Health (At Work)
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Höhe: 298 mm
Breite: 210 mm
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978-0-340-74069-9 (9780340740699)
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Nerys Williams is Head of the Employment Medical Advisory Service, Health and Safety Executive, Birmingham, UK
John Harrison is Clinical Director of Occupational Health, Occupational Health Department, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
PART 1: Diseases associated with chemical agents
1. Metals
(a) Arsenic
(b) Beryllium
(c) Cadmium
(d) Chromium
(e) Cobalt
(f) Lead
(g) Mercury
(h) Selenium
(i) Silver
2. Gases
(a) Carbon monoxide
(b) Ozone
3. Fumes, fires and other environmental emissions
(a) Exposures during welding
(b) Exposures during fires
(c) Controlling and monitoring environmental emissions
4. Pesticides and other agrochemicals
5. Aliphatic and aromatic chemicals
PART 2: Diseases associated with physical agents
6. Sound, noise and the ear
7. Vibration (hand-arm and whole body)
8. Heat and cold
(a) Heat exposure in the workplace
(b) Cold exposure in the workplace
9. Raised barometric pressure
10. Flying
11. Working at high altitude
12. Ionizing radiations
13. Non-ionizing radiations
PART 3: Diseases related to ergonomic and mechanical factors
14. Repeated movements and repeated trauma affecting the musculoskeletal system
15. Back pain and work
PART 4: Diseases associated with microbiological agents
16. Occupation and infectious diseases
(a) Amoebic dysentery
(b) Anthrax
(c) Chlamydia
(d) Cowpox
(e) Cutaneous larva migrans
(f) HIV and hepatitis
(g) HIV and tuberculosis
(h) Leptospirosis
(i) Malaria
(j) Mites
(k) Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus - MRSA
(l) Mycobacteria
(m) Myiasis
(n) Orf
(o) Typhus
PART 5: Work and mental health
17. Substance abuse and the workplace
18. Shift work and extended hours of work
PART 6: Occupational lung disorders
19. Byssinosis and other cotton-related diseases
20. Occupational asthma
21. Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
22. Inorganic dusts
(a) Asbestosis
(b) Pneumoconiosis
(c) Silicosis
(d) Stannosis
23. Problems from indoor air in non-industrial workplaces
PART 7: Occupational diseases of the skin
24: Occupational diseases of the skin
(a) Contact dermatitis
(i) Irritant
(ii) Allergic
(b) Photodermatitis including phytodermatitis
(c) Other conditions; non-malignant
(d) Cancers
(e) Investigations
PART 8: Occupational cancer
25. Biological mechanisms and biomarkers
PART 9: Reproduction and work
26. Workplace exposures and reproductive effects
PART 10: Worker Protection and Workplace Assessment
27. Worker protection
28. Workplace assessment
PART 11: Miscellaneous industrial processes and other activities
29. Miscellaneous industrial processes
30. Other activities
