Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0781755514 ISBN 13: 9780781755511

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH, is Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. David H. Wegman, MD, MSc, is Dean, School of Health and Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Sherry L. Baron, MD, MPH, is Coordinator, Priority Populations and Occupational Health Disparities, National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, Bethesda, MD. Rosemary K. Sokas, MD, MOH, is Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0781755514
• ISBN 13: 9780781755511
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 847
• Editor: Levy Barry S., Wegman David H.