Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780367719036 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 574 str.

Sue Reed; Dino Pisaniello; Geza Benke

Opis

The thoroughly updated third edition of the leading introductory textbook on occupational hazards and hazardous environments encountered in a range of industries and organisational settings.

Spis treści

1. The hazardous work environment: the occupational hygiene challenge
Charles Steer and Caroline Langley

2. Occupational health, basic toxicology and epidemiology
Dr Geza Benke and Dr Martyn Cross

3. The concept of the exposure limit for workplace health hazards
Robert Golec

4. Control strategies for workplace health hazards
Garry Gately and Wayne Powys

5. Industrial ventilation
Dr David Bromwich, Dr Elaine Lindars and Kate Cole

6. Personal protective equipment
Garry Gately and Terry Gorman

7. Aerosols
Linda Apthorpe and Jennifer Hines

8. Metals in the workplace
Ian Firth and Ron Capil

9. Gases and vapours
Aleks Todorovic

10. Biological monitoring of chemical exposure
Dr Gregory E. O'Donnell and Dr Martin Mazereeuw

11. Indoor air quality
Assoc Prof Sue Reed and Michael Shepherd

12. Noise and vibration
Beno Groothoff and Jane Whitelaw

13. Radiation-ionising and non-ionising
Roy Schmid and Dr Geza Benke

14. The thermal environment
Dr Ross Di Corleto and Jodie Britton

15. Lighting
Martin Jennings and So Yong Lee

16. Biological hazards
Dr Margaret Davidson, Dr Ryan Kift and Assoc Prof Sue Reed

17. Postscript
Prof Dino Pisaniello

Index

O autorze

Dr Sue Reed FAIOH Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH)® is Associate Professor in Occupational Hygiene and Director Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety at Edith Cowan University. Dr Dino Pisaniello FAIOH Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH)® is Professor in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene and Director of Adelaide Exposure Science and Health at the University of Adelaide. Dr Geza Benke FAIOH Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH)® is Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health at Monash University. They are all former presidents of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists.