Current Approaches to Occupational Health :Volume 3

Publication subTitle :Volume 3

Author: Gardner   A. Ward  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 2013

E-ISBN: 9781483193502

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780723607397

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780723607397

Subject: R135 occupational disease

Language: ENG

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Current Approaches to Occupational Health deals with problems and progress in relation to occupational health.
This book is organized into 21 chapters written by different contributors. The occupational health issues covered by these chapters include ethical problems in occupational medicine, the role of legislation, regulation and enforcement in occupational health, the monitoring of occupational risks for cancer and the identification and intervention for problem drinkers at work.
This book will be of interest to occupational health students and practitioners and to other medical professionals.

Chapter

CHAPTER 1. LOW-HUMIDITY OCCUPATIONAL DERMATOSES

PRURITUS

PRURITUS AND URTICARIA

LOW-GRADE ECZEMA

UNDER-REPORTING

OTHER CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS

OTHER OCCUPATIONS

TREATMENT

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 2. OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA

WHAT IS ASTHMA?

OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA

SELECTION OF WORKPEOPLE

CLINICAL ASPECTS

SURVEILLANCE OF EXPOSED GROUPS

LUNG FUNCTION STUDIES

IMMUNOLOGICAL TESTS

CASE MANAGEMENT AND PROGNOSIS

PREVENTION AND PROTECTION

AETIOLOGY OF OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 3. MONITORING FOR NEW OCCUPATIONAL RISKS OF CANCER

INTRODUCTION

THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

METHODS USED TO SCREEN FOR NEW OCCUPATIONAL RISKS OF CANCER

SELECTION OF CLUES FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION

PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 4. ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND HEALTH EFFECTS

ELECTRIC FIELDS

MAGNETIC FIELDS

STUDIES OF HUMAN EXPOSURE

LABORATORY STUDIES ON HUMAN VOLUNTEERS

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION

CARDIAC PACEMAKERS

REGULATION

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 5. GASES

DEFINITIONS

RANGE OF INJURY CAUSED BY GASES

DISTRIBUTION OF GASES

ANATOMY OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT

PHYSIOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT

GENERAL EFFECTS OF GASES

VERY COLD LIQUEFIED GASES

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

ACUTE TOXICITY AND EXPOSURE LIMITS

CLASSIFICATION OF TOXIC GASES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 6. LEPTOSPIROSIS

CLASSIFICATION

GROWTH

SEROLOGY

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL PRESENTATION

HUMAN EPIDEMIOLOGY OF LEPTOSPIROSIS

CATTLE-ASSOCIATED LEPTOSPIROSIS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 7. ORCADIAN RHYTHMS, INTERCONTINENTAL TRAVEL AND SHIFTWORK

BACKGROUND

TIME-ZONE TRANSITION

NIGHT WORK

THE FUTURE

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 8. PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF FITNESS FOR WORK

THE EFFECT OF MENTAL DISORDER ON WORK

THE EFFECT OF WORK ON MENTAL HEALTH

NEUROSIS AND WORK

MANIC-DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS AND WORK

SCHIZOPHRENIA AND WORK

DEMENTIA AND WORK

THE IDENTIFICATION OF CASES BY QUESTIONNAIRE

SOURCES OF STRESS IN WORK

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 9. IDENTIFYING AND HELPING PROBLEM DRINKERS AT WORK

INTRODUCTION

OCCUPATIONS WITH A HIGH INCIDENCE OF PROBLEM DRINKING

DEALING WITH ALCOHOLISM AND PROBLEM DRINKING AT WORK

Appendix

REFERENCES

USEFUL FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 10. ACIDIC DEPOSITION

INTRODUCTION

SOURCES OF POLLUTION

POLLUTANT DISPERSAL

CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS

RAIN CHEMISTRY

EFFECTS

FUTURE TRENDS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 11. TOXICOLOGY, ITS APPLICATION AND INTERNATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAMMES

THE APPLICATION OF TOXICOLOGY

INTERNATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAMMES

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 12. THE OIL INDUSTRY

BASIC CHEMISTRY

EXPLORATION

HAZARDS OF EXPLORATION

PRODUCTION AND ITS HAZARDS

TRANSPORTATION AND ITS HAZARDS

REFINING

HEALTH HAZARDS IN REFINERIES

DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING

OVERALL SAFETY IN THE OIL INDUSTRY

THE ROLE OF THE PHYSICIAN IN THE OIL INDUSTRY

GLOSSARY

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 13. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN THE MOTOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES

PHYSICAL HAZARDS

RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS

SKIN CONDITIONS

THE EVERCHANGING PRESENT

THE FUTURE

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 14. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN HEALTH CARE WORKERS

INTRODUCTION

PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS

EXPOSURE TO INFECTION

CHEMICAL HAZARDS

RADIATION

BACK INJURIES AND TRAUMA

SUMMARY

IMMUNIZATION GUIDELINES AND SCHEDULES

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 15. NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THE OFFICE

INTRODUCTION

COMMON CONCERNS AND THE ISSUES INVOLVED

STEPS IN INTRODUCING NEW TECHNOLOGY

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 16. ACHIEVING SAFE BEHAVIOUR

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

MODELLING SAFE AND DANGEROUS BEHAVIOUR

NATURE OF DANGER AND WARNINGS

HAZARD SEEKING

HAZARD TESTS AND RECOGNITION

LABELLING AND NEED FOR ACTION

ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITY

KNOWLEDGE OF ACTION

DECISION TO ACT

ACTION SEQUENCE AND FEEDBACK

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 17. THE PLACE OF LEGISLATION, REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

THE ROBENS COMMITTEE

THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK, ETC. ACT 1974 (THE HSW ACT)

THE HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMISSION AND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE

THE EMPLOYMENT MEDICAL ADVISORY SERVICE (EMAS)

THE PATTERN OF LEGISLATION

OTHER GUIDANCE

ENFORCEMENT

RESEARCH AND INFORMATION

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEGISLATION

THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT

HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND THE CONTROL OF SUBSTANCES HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH (COSHH)

THE WIDER INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT

OTHER LEGISLATION

A MODEL FOR LEGISLATION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 18. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES

INTRODUCTION

COMPREHENSIVE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES

COMPONENT OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 19. THE HEALTH OF AN ORGANIZATION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 20. ETHICAL PROBLEMS IN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE

CONFIDENTIALITY IN RESPECT OF THE EMPLOYEE

CONFIDENTIALITY IN RESPECT OF EMPLOYERS

RESEARCH

ETHICAL COMMITTEES

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER DOCTORS

NURSES IN INDUSTRY

THE TEAM APPROACH

EMPLOYEES IN HEALTH SERVICES

ADVERTISING

DOCTORS' DILEMMA

WHAT OF THE FUTURE?

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 21. AUDIT IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

RATIONALE

MEANING

AUDIT IN MEDICAL PRACTICE

AUDIT IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

THE FUTURE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Index

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