Stave, Gregg M.
Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace
Completely updated version this classic reference covers both physical hazards and biological agents
- Provides updated information on protecting workers from proven and possible health risks from manual material handling, extremes of temperature and pressure, ionizing and non-ionizing (magnetic fields) radiation, shiftwork, and more
- Details major changes in our understanding of biological hazards including Ebola, Chikungunya, Zika, HIV, Hepatitis C, Lyme disease, MERS-CoV, TB, and much more
- All infectious diseases have been updated from an occupational health perspective
- Includes practical guidance on to how to set up medical surveillance for hazards and suggests preventive measures that can be used to reduce occupational diseases
Keywords: Occupational Health; Occupational Medicine; Industrial Hygiene; Occupational Health Nursing; Occupational Health and Safety; Workplace Hazards; Prevention; Physical Hazards; Biological Hazards; Infectious disease; Medical Surveillance; Public Health; Workplace injury; Workplace Illness; Work-related injury; Work-related illness
- Editor
- Stave, Gregg M.
- Wald, Peter H.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2016
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 3
- Page amount
- 608 pages
- Category
- Upbringing, Education
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781119276517
- Printed ISBN
- 9781118928608