{"product_id":"pocket-consultant-isbn-9781119718611","title":"Pocket Consultant","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the newly revised Sixth Edition of \u003ci\u003ePocket Consultant: Occupational Health\u003c\/i\u003e, an accomplished and distinguished team of researchers and practitioners deliver a fully updated overview of current occupational health practices. The book offers a complete, international perspective that includes discussions of issues like migrant working populations, and new chapters on occupational exposure in different industries and specific processes. Special issues such as working hours and shift work, alcohol and drug use testing, eHealth, military populations, fatigue, and sleep disorders are also discussed at length. Readers will also find:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA thorough introduction to occupational health, including people involved, the roles of occupational health professionals, industrial processes, and health outcomes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensive explorations of occupational health services at an international level, occupational diseases, and occupational infections\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePractical discussions of clinical evaluations, including pre-employment placement, fitness for work, health assessments, health surveillance, and medical records\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExaminations of medicolegal report writing and the legal and ethical aspects of occupational health\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn-depth examinations of occupational toxicology, occupational hygiene, chemical\/physical\/biological\/psychosocial hazards, and the principles of risk assessment and risk management along with the latest on control toolkits\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Perfect for occupational hygienists, physicians, nurses, safety practitioners and anyone in a health and safety role, \u003ci\u003ePocket Consultant: Occupational Health\u003c\/i\u003e will also earn a place in the libraries of general practitioners, medical students, nursing students, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, toxicologists, and occupational psychologists. \u003cp\u003eForeword vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Occupational Health Services – An International Perspective 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Occupational Diseases 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Occupational Infections 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Clinical Evaluations 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Occupational Toxicology 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Occupational Cancer 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Occupational Hygiene – Gases, Vapours, Dusts and Fibres 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Physical Hazards – Light, Heat, Noise, Vibration, Pressure and Radiation 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Musculoskeletal Disorders 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Psychosocial Aspects of the Workplace 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Risk Assessment 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Risk Management 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Principles of Occupational Epidemiology 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Control of Airborne Contaminants 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Personal Protection of the Worker 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Tertiary Prevention 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Special Issues in Occupational Health 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Expert and Medicolegal Report Writing 439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Ethical Aspects of Occupational Health 445\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 455\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Kerry Gardiner\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor David Rees\u003c\/b\u003e, Emeritus Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand. National Institute for Occupational Health. Johannesburg, South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Anil Adisesh\u003c\/b\u003e, Associate Professor and Division Director Occupational Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Head of Division Occupational Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor David Zalk\u003c\/b\u003e, Director of Occupational Hygiene; University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Global Program on Occupational Health Practice Online, San Jose, California, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Malcolm Harrington\u003c\/b\u003e, CBE, Emeritus Professor of Occupational Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the newly revised Sixth Edition of\u003ci\u003e Pocket Consultant: Occupational Health, \u003c\/i\u003ean accomplished and distinguished team of researchers and practitioners deliver a fully updated overview of current occupational health practices. The book offers a complete, international perspective that includes discussions of issues like migrant working populations, and new chapters on occupational exposure in different industries and specific processes. Special issues such as working hours and shift work, alcohol and drug use testing, eHealth, military populations, fatigue, and sleep disorders are also discussed at length. 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