Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace

• 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

Avainsanat:

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