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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION to PHYSICAL HAZARDS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
I WORKER–MATERIAL INTERFACES
CHAPTER 2 ERGONOMICS and UPPER EXTREMITYMUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CHAPTER 3 MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING
NORMAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SPINE
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY AND RISK FACTORS
CHAPTER 4 OCCUPATIONAL VIBRATION EXPOSURE
OCCUPATIONAL VIBRATION MEASUREMENTS
OCCUPATIONAL VIBRATION GUIDELINES USED IN THE UNITED STATES
WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION AND LOW BACK PROBLEMS
HAND–ARM VIBRATION MEDICAL EFFECTS
HAND–ARM VIBRATION CONTROL
CHAPTER 5 MECHANICAL ENERGY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY
II THE PHYSICAL WORK ENVIRONMENT
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ILLNESS AND TREATMENT
HEAT EXPOSURE AND REPRODUCTION
CHAPTER 7 COLD ENVIRONMENTS
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY
CHAPTER 8 HIGH-PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTS
MEASUREMENT ISSUES AND PHYSICS OF PRESSURE
SPECIAL UNDERWATER STRESSORS
OTHER HAZARDS IN THE DIVING ENVIRONMENT
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DIRECT PRESSURE INJURY
TREATMENT OF BUBBLE‐RELATED DISEASE
CHAPTER 9 LOW-PRESSURE and HIGH-ALTITUDE ENVIRONMENTS
LOW-PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTS
HIGH-ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION AND ILLNESS
OTHER ALTITUDE-RELATED CONDITIONS
EXPOSURE GUIDELINES (SCHEDULE DESIGN)
PATHOBIOLOGY (CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS AND SHIFT WORK)
TREATMENT (COUNTERMEASURES)
PREVENTION AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS
CHAPTER 11 IONIZING RADIATION
DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL EXPOSURES
MEASUREMENT ISSUES AND THE PHYSICS OF IONIZING RADIATION
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND HEALTH EFFECTS
EMERGENCY INFORMATION AND EXPERT ADVICE
CHAPTER 12 ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY
CHAPTER 13 VISIBLE LIGHT and INFRARED RADIATION
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY
CHAPTER 14 LASER RADIATION
MEASUREMENT ISSUES AND CLASSIFICATION OF LASER POWER
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY
CHAPTER 15 MICROWAVE, RADIOFREQUENCY, and EXTREMELY LOW-FREQUENCY ENERGY
MICROWAVE AND RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION
EXTREMELY LOW-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION: MAGNETIC FIELDS
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS
CHAPTER 17 ELECTRICAL POWER and ELECTRICAL INJURIES
PART II BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
CHAPTER 18 GENERAL PRINCIPLES of MICROBIOLOGY and INFECTIOUS DISEASE
TRANSMISSIBILITY OF DISEASE
CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS FOR LABORATORY WORK
CHAPTER 19 CLINICAL RECOGNITION of OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE and HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
SPECIFIC CLINICAL DISEASES
IMMUNE MECHANISMS AND HYPERSENSITIVITY DISORDERS
SPECIFIC CLINICAL SYNDROMES
LABORATORY CONFIRMATION OF INFECTIOUS AND HYPERSENSITIVITY DISEASES
CLINICAL TESTING FOR HYPERSENSITIVITY
WHEN TO SUSPECT OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN
EVALUATION OF SUSPECTED OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS
CHAPTER 20 PREVENTION of ILLNESS from BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
OCCUPATIONS WITH POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
THE OSHA BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS STANDARD
THE HISTORY OF OSHA GUIDELINES FOR TUBERCULOSIS
PROPOSED OSHA INFECTIOUS DISEASE STANDARD
PREVENTION OF EXPOSURE TO BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
FILOVIRUSES (EBOLA AND MARBURG VIRUSES)
HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS (HSV)
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV‐1)
HUMAN T-CELL LYMPHOTROPHIC VIRUS
NOROVIRUS (FORMERLY NORWALK VIRUS) AND OTHER ENTERIC VIRUSES
RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV)
VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS (VZV)
CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM (INCLUDING C. ARGENTINENSE, C. BARATII, AND C. BUTYRICUM)
CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS (ALSO C. SEPTICUM, C. NOVI)
ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE
FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS (INCLUDING F. NOVOCIDA)
LEGIONELLA SPECIES (LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA, LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE)
PSEUDOMONAS AND BURKHOLDERIA SPECIES
RAT-BITE FEVER: STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS AND SPIRILLUM MINOR
RELAPSING FEVER: BORRELIA SPECIES (other than B. burgdorferi)
VIBRIO SPECIES OTHER THAN V. CHOLERAE (V. PARAHEMOLYTICUS, V. VULNIFICUS)
YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS AND ENTEROCOLITICA
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS (M. tb.)
MYCOBACTERIA OTHER THAN MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
BASIDIOMYCETES (INCLUDING MERULIUS LACRYMANS, LYCOPERDON, AND MUSHROOMS)
CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS AND CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII
FONSECAEA AND OTHER AGENTS OF CHROMOMYCOSIS
MADURELLA SPECIES AND OTHER AGENTS OF MYCETOMA
PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS
TRICHOPHYTON AND OTHER DERMATOPHYTES
CHAPTER 25 ANAPLASMA, CHLAMYDOPHILA, COXIELLA, EHRLICHIA, and RICKETTSIA
CUTANEOUS, MUCOCUTANEOUS, AND VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS
SHELLFISH AND OTHER MARINE INVERTEBRATES
CHAPTER 30 MALIGNANT CELLS
CHAPTER 31 RECOMBINANT ORGANISMS
CHAPTER 32 PRIONS: CREUTZFELDT–JAKOB DISEASE (CJD) and RELATED TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES (TSEs)