| Description |
xi, 804 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
General considerations -- Occupational history / W.R. Lee -- Role of government in preventing ill health at work / J.T. Carter -- State compensation for industrial injuries and prescribed diseases / F.G. Ward and A. Brooks -- Medicolegal reports / D. Kloss -- Epidemiology of occupational disease / David Coggon -- Diseases associated with chemical agents -- Absorption of chemicals and mechanisms of detoxification / P.G. Blain -- Neurotoxic effects of workplace exposures / N.M. Cherry -- Metals / H.A. Waldron and A. Scott -- Organic chemical compounds: aliphatic chemicals / L.S. Levy and W.R. Lee -- Organic chemical compounds: aromatic chemicals / Tar-Ching Aw -- Gases / Peter J. Baxter -- Diseases associated with physical agents -- Sound, infrasound and ultrasound / R. Hinchcliffe -- Vibration / W. Taylor -- Heat and cold / W.R. Keatinge, E.H.N. Oakley and A.P.H. Steel -- Raised barometric pressure / David H. Elliott -- Reduced barometric pressure / Peter Howard -- Working at high altitude / P.J.G. Forster -- Ionizing radiations / R.J. Berry -- Non-ionizing radiation and the eye / K.B. Mills, R. Brown and D.C. Saunders -- Extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields (EMF) / Leonard A. Sagan and Leeka I. Kheifets -- Inorganic dusts / P.C. Elmes -- Organic dusts: byssinosis / C.A.C. Pickering -- Occupational asthma / A.J. Newmann Taylor -- Extrinsic allergic alveolitis / A.J. Newman Taylor -- Indoor air pollution / P. Sherwood Burge -- Muscular and skeletal problems -- Repeated movements and repeated trauma / B.L. Hazleman -- Back pain / J.D.G. Troup -- Diseases associated with microbiological agents -- Microbial disease / C.J. Ellis and I.S. Symington -- Biotechnology / A.N. Cottam -- Mental ill-health at work -- Stress at work / Ben Fletcher and Fiona Jones -- Substance abuse and the workplace / Jonathan Chick -- Clinical assessment and management / Francis Creed and Elizabeth McCloy -- Occupational cancer -- Biological mechanisms / Stanley Venitt -- Clinical and epidemiological aspects / J.M. Harrington and R. Saracci -- Occupational diseases of the skin / C.J. Stevenson -- Reproduction and work -- Reproductive hazards at work / S.M. Barlow, A.D. Dayan and C.J. Powell -- Evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans / International Agency for Research on Cancer -- CAS numbers for chemicals discussed |
| Analysis |
Industrial medicine |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1987 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Occupational diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Occupational diseases.
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Occupational Diseases.
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Occupational Diseases.
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| Author |
Raffle, Andrew.
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| LC no. |
93046316 |
| ISBN |
0340551739 |
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