ABC of Occupational and Environmental Medicine [Paperback]

This new edition of Occupational and Environmental Medicine concentrates more on the newer kinds of occupational disease including those (like RSI and pesticide poisoning) where exposure and effects are difficult to understand. There is specific emphasis on work, health and wellbeing, with links to public health, health promotion, the value of work, disabled people at work, the aging workforce, vocational rehabilitation, evidence based practice, and further chapters on the health effects of climate change and of occupational health and safety in relation to migration and terrorism.

Contributors vii

Preface ix

1 Hazards of Work 1
David Snashall

2 HealthWork and Wellbeing 7
Nerys Williams

3 Assessing theWork Environment 11
Keith T. Palmer and David Coggon

4 Practising Occupational Health 17
Anil Adisesh

5 Legal Aspects 24
Martyn Davidson

6 Ethics 31
Paul Litchfield

7 Fitness for Work 36
William Davies

8 Musculoskeletal Disorders 45
Kim Burton and Nicholas Kendall

9 Mental Health 51
Samuel B. Harvey and Max Henderson

10 Skin Disorders 59
Ian R. White

11 Respiratory Disorders 63
Ira Madan and Paul Cullinan

12 Infections 68
Dipti Patel

13 Occupational Cancers 80
John Hobson

14 Disorders of Uncertain Aetiology 88
Andy Slovak

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