Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury

ISBN-10
1469874520
ISBN-13
9781469874524
Series
Occupational and Environmental Health
Pages
795
Language
English
Published
2015-04-24
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Authors
Sherry L. Baron, MD, M.D.

Description

This thoroughly updated Fifth Edition is a comprehensive, practical guide to recognizing, preventing, and treating work-related and environmentally-induced injuries and diseases. Chapters by experts in medicine, industry, labor, government, safety, ergonomics, environmental health, and psychology address the full range of clinical and public health concerns. Numerous case studies, photographs, drawings, graphs, and tables help readers understand key concepts. This edition features new chapters on environmental health, including water pollution, hazardous waste, global environmental hazards, the role of nongovernmental organizations in environmental health, and responding to community environmental health concerns. Other new chapters cover conducting workplace investigations and assessing and enforcing compliance with health and safety regulations.

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