A practical approach to occupational and environmental medicine / editor-in-chief, Robert J. McCunney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCunney, Robert J.

Series:

DHHS publication ; no. (NIOSH) 2002-140.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Industrial--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Medicine, Industrial.

Environmental health--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Environmental health.

Environmentally induced diseases.

Environmentally induced diseases--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Occupational Diseases.

Occupational Health Services.

Environmental Exposure.

Environmental Medicine--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Occupational Diseases.

Occupational Health Services.

Environmental Exposure.

Environmental Medicine--methods.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xx, 952 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Edition:

Third edition.

Other Title:

Occupational and environmental medicine

Title on label of accompanying CD-ROM: NIOSH Pocket guide to chemical hazards and other databases

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia ; London : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2003]

System Details:

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: all requirements for running the web browser and Adobe Acrobat reader; a CD-ROM drive.

text file

Summary:

Accompanying CD-ROM contains: Immediately dangerous to life and health concentrations; International chemical safety cards; NIOSH certified equipment list; NIOSH manual of analytical methods; NIOSH pocket guide to chemical hazards; OSHA sampling and analytical methods; recommendations for chemical protective clothing; Specific medical tests published for OSHA regulated substances; Toxicologicl review of selected chemicals; and 2000 emergency response guidebook.

Contents:

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Code of Ethical Conduct xxiii

Part I. Occupational Medical Services

1. Occupational Medical Services / Robert J. McCunney 1

2. Legal and Ethical Issues / Junius C. McElveen, Jr. 14

3. Role of Regulatory Agencies / James A. Hathaway 30

4. Establishing an Occupational Health Program / William B. Patterson 41

5. Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act / Kent W. Peterson, D. Gary Rischitelli 56

6. Occupational Health Nursing: Roles and Practice / Bonnie Rogers 76

7. The Independent Medical Evaluation / Christopher R. Brigham, William Boucher, Alan L. Engelberg 86

8. The Physician Working with the Business Community / Frank H. Leone 97

9. Drug Testing in the Occupational Setting / Kent W. Peterson 102

10. Accreditation of Occupational Health Services / Dennis Schultz 124

11. Health and Productivity / Dee W. Edington, Wayne N. Burton 140

12. Health Promotion / Molly J. McCauley, Robert J. McCunney 153

13. Principles of Travel Medicine / Jeffrey G. Jones, Donald S. Herip, David O. Freedman 178

14. Economics of Occupational Medicine / Jeffrey S. Harris 193

15. Educational Opportunities / David J. Tollerud, Edward A. Emmett 209

16. Computers and Informatics in Occupational Medicine Practice / Kent W. Peterson, Todd D. Kissam, Barry A. Cooper 218

17. International Occupational Medicine / William B. Bunn, Sadhna Paralkar 238

18. Workers' Compensation / Jeffrey S. Harris 242

19. Health Care Management / Melissa D. Tonn 267

Part II. Occupationally Related Disorders

20. Suspecting Occupational Disease: The Clinician's Role / Rose H. Goldman 279

21. Occupational Pulmonary Disease / Ian A. Greaves 295

22. Musculoskeletal Disorders / Reid T. Boswell, Robert J. McCunney 314

23. Occupational Cancers / Arthur Frank 332

24. Cardiovascular Disorders / Daniel E. Forman, Paul P. Rountree 342

25. Neurotoxic Disorders / Robert G. Feldman, Chang-Ming Joseph Chern 358

26. Noise-induced Hearing Loss / John D. Meyer 381

27. Occupational Skin Diseases / Edward A. Emmett 395

28. Psychiatric Aspects of Occupational Medicine / Stuart Gitlow, Peter J. Holland 410

29. Allergy and Immunology / Jack E. Farnham, Donald Accetta 423

30. Arm Pain in the Workplace / Nortin M. Hadler 438

31. Infectious Disease / Alain Couturier 445

32. Hepatic Disorders / Ross S. Myerson 458

33. Case Report: Discovery of Occupational Disease / William E. Wright 466

34. Occupational Ophthalmology / Bernard R. Blais, Thomas J. Tredici, John Williams, Sr 477

35. Use of Molecular Genetics in Occupational Medicine / Peter G. Shields 510

36. The Human Genome Project and Occupational Medicine Practice / Amy J. Behrman, Judith Green-McKenzie 519

Part III. Evaluating a Hazard and Work Environments

37. Industrial Hygiene / J. Torey Nalbone, James P. McCunney 530

38. Workplace Safety / Myron C. Harrison 546

39. Toxicology / Jonathan B. Borak, Richard C. Pleus 554

40. Epidemiology and Biostatistics / Joseph K. McLaughlin, Loren Lipworth 571

41. Occupational Medical Surveillance / Philip Harber, Craig Conlon, Robert J. McCunney 582

42. Risk Assessment in the Workplace / John Whysner, Kenneth H. Chase 600

43. Ergonomics / Stacy R. Rose, Erin K. Walline, J. Steven Moore, Jonathan B. Borak 607

44. Medical Center Occupational Health / Marilyn V. Howarth, Mark Russi 624

45. Fitness for Duty in the Transportation Industry / Natalie P. Hartenbaum 649

46. The Construction Industry: Its Occupational Health and Safety Experience and Needs / Jean Spencer Felton 662

47. Health Risk Communication / Victor S. Roth, David H. Garabrant, Craig F. Turet 690

48. Reproductive Hazards / William W. Greaves, Kevin Soden 699

Part IV. Environmental Medicine

49. Environmental Health / Tee L. Guidotti, Weimin Song 714

50. Environmental Medicine: The Regulatory Issues / William B. Bunn, Claudia O'Brien, Jack Shih 723

51. International Environmental Health / William B. Bunn, Jessica Herzstein 732

52. Clinical Environmental Medicine / Alan M. Ducatman 737

53. Indoor Environmental Quality / Robert K. McLellan 746

54. Medical Aspects of Environmental Emergencies / Jonathan B. Borak 768

55. Emergency Response to Environmental Incidents / L. Kristian Arnold 774

56. Occupational Medicine Aspects of Terrorism / L. Kristian Arnold 791

57. The Environmental, Health, and Safety Audit / Ridgway M. Hall, Jr., William B. Bunn, Thomas J. Slavin 813

58. Environmental Risk Assessment / Roger O. McClellan, William B. Bunn 823

59. Ambient Particulates and Health Effects / Peter A. Valberg 835

60. Accessing Environmental Data / David M. Gute 851

Appendix A. First Aid Supplies in the Occupational Setting / Larry M. Starr 861

Appendix B. Government and Regulatory Agencies / Nancy English 870

Appendix C. A History of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the Growth of a Specialty / Jean Spencer Felton 881

Appendix D. List of Carcinogens Rated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) 888

Appendix E. List of Carcinogens of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) 905

Appendix F. Recommended Library for Occupational and Environmental Physicians 912.

Notes:

Accompanying CD-ROM is DHHS (NIOSH) publication no. 2002-140.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 912-915) and index.

ISBN:

0781736749

OCLC:

50859183