Work, Health and Productivity

PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1. Work, Health, and Productivity: Overview; 2. Historical Perspective on Work, Health, and Productivity; PART II: INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT REGARDING HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY; 3. Physical and Chemical Agents at the Workplace; 4. Meeting Regulatory Standards for Physical and Chemical Agents; 5. Biological Indicators of Susceptibility; 6. Screening and Monitoring for Susceptibility and Health: Techniques for Assessing Exposure and Response; 7. Injury Prevention in the Workplace; 8. Biomechanical Basis for Prevention of Overexertion and Impact Trauma in Industry; PART III: CHANGES IN THE WORKPLACE: RESULTS OF THE POSTINDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION; 9. Stresses and Patterns of Adjustment in the Postindustrial Factory; 10. Health Issues in Office Work; 11. Stress in the Work and Home Environments as Related to Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factors; PART IV: STRESS, HEALTH, AND PRODUCTIVITY IN VARIOUS WORK ENVIRONMENTS; 12. Health, Stress, and Productivity in the Japanese Workforce; 13. Psychosocial Factors in the Workplace; 14. Work Values and Work Performance: Critical Commentary from a Comparative Perspective; PART V: MANAGING FOR HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY; 15. Costs of Illness in the Workplace; 16. Health, Productivity, and the Economic Environment: Dynamic Role of Socioeconomic Status; 17. Health Promotion at the Worksite; PART VI: CONCLUSIONS AND ISSUES FOR FUTURE WORK; 18. Conclusions; 19. Issues for Future Work; Author Index; Subject Index