Occupational Health and Safety Terms, Definitions, and Abbreviations - Hardcover

Confer, Robert G.; Confer, Thomas R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1566700779 ISBN 13: 9781566700771

Publisher: CRC Press, 1994

Synopsis

Industrial hygienists are being called on to provide expertise in more and more different fields. It is often difficult to keep up with the latest technologies in all these fields. This quick reference includes terms found in journals, books, manufacturers' literature, and other sources used daily by industrial hygienists and others. It is filled with nearly 5,000 terms in industrial hygiene, safety, and occupational medicine, plus relevant terms and abbreviations from acoustics, physics, chemistry, and biology. It contains vital information pertaining to bacteriology, environmental health, epidemiology, illumination, mathematics, medicine, microscopy, mineralogy, and other fields. Designed in an easy-to-access format, this handy sourcebook also includes terms and abbreviations used by government to enforce regulations in occupational health and safety. All information is presented in simple, nontechnical language for easy understanding.

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Review

"Written by two experts in industrial hygiene, this second edition contains many new terms, definitions, and abbreviations and has increased the coverage of each discipline included." -J. M. Coggan in Choice, December 1999

Synopsis

The text includes terms found in journals, books, and manufacturers' literature, as well as definitions and abbreviations used daily by industrial hygienists and others. It is filled with nearly 5000 terms on industrial hygiene, safety, and occupational medicine, plus relevant terms and abbreviations from acoustics, physics, chemistry, and biology

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1566700779
• ISBN 13: 9781566700771
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224