A Practical Approach to Occupational and Environmental Medicine,9780781736749

A Practical Approach to Occupational and Environmental Medicine

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780781736749
ISBN10: 0781736749
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-04-21
Publisher(s): LWW
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Summary

Sponsored by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, this updated Third Edition is a comprehensive, practical guide to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of occupationally related disorders. It provides an excellent overview of technical issues, practical applications, and preventive strategies for illness and injury related to the workplace. Emphasizing prevention, new chapters provide expansive coverage of environmentally induced asthma and allergies. A section of competencies is included for certification preparation within this specialty. A comprehensive index provides reference ease for examination of all aspects of occupational and environmental medicine.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors xi
Foreword xvii
Paul W. Brandt-Rauf
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xxi
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Code of Ethical Conduct xxiii
Part I. Occupational Medical Services
Occupational Medical Services
1(13)
Robert J. McCunney
Legal and Ethical Issues
14(16)
Junius C. McElveen, Jr.
Role of Regulatory Agencies
30(11)
James A. Hathaway
Establishing an Occupational Health Program
41(15)
William B. Patterson
Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
56(20)
Kent W. Peterson
D. Gary Rischitelli
Occupational Health Nursing: Roles and Practice
76(10)
Bonnie Rogers
The Independent Medical Evaluation
86(11)
Christopher R. Brigham
William Boucher
Alan L. Engelberg
The Physician Working with the Business Community
97(5)
Frank H. Leone
Drug Testing in the Occupational Setting
102(22)
Kent W. Peterson
Accreditation of Occupational Health Services
124(16)
Dennis Schultz
Health and Productivity
140(13)
Dee W. Edington
Wayne N. Burton
Health Promotion
153(25)
Molly J. McCauley
Robert J. McCunney
Principles of Travel Medicine
178(15)
Jeffrey G. Jones
Donald S. Herip
David O. Freedman
Economics of Occupational Medicine
193(16)
Jeffrey S. Harris
Educational Opportunities
209(9)
David J. Tollerud
Edward A. Emmett
Computers and Informatics in Occupational Medicine Practice
218(20)
Kent W. Peterson
Todd D. Kissam
Barry A. Cooper
International Occupational Medicine
238(4)
William B. Bunn
Sadhna Paralkar
Workers' Compensation
242(25)
Jeffrey S. Harris
Health Care Management
267(12)
Melissa D. Tonn
Part II. Occupationally Related Disorders
Suspecting Occupational Disease: The Clinician's Role
279(16)
Rose H. Goldman
Occupational Pulmonary Disease
295(19)
Ian A. Greaves
Musculoskeletal Disorders
314(18)
Reid T. Boswell
Robert J. McCunney
Occupational Cancers
332(10)
Arthur Frank
Cardiovascular Disorders
342(16)
Daniel E. Forman
Paul P. Rountree
Neurotoxic Disorders
358(23)
Robert G. Feldman
Chang-Ming Joseph Chern
Noise-induced Hearing Loss
381(14)
John D. Meyer
Occupational Skin Diseases
395(15)
Edward A. Emmett
Psychiatric Aspects of Occupational Medicine
410(13)
Stuart Gitlow
Peter J. Holland
Allergy and Immunology
423(15)
Jack E. Farnham
Donald Accetta
Arm Pain in the Workplace
438(7)
Nortin M. Hadler
Infectious Disease
445(13)
Alain Couturier
Hepatic Disorders
458(8)
Ross S. Myerson
Case Report: Discovery of Occupational Disease
466(11)
William E. Wright
Occupational Ophthalmology
477(33)
Bernard R. Blais
Thomas J. Tredici
John Williams, Sr.
Use of Molecular Genetics in Occupational Medicine
510(9)
Peter G. Shields
The Human Genome Project and Occupational Medicine Practice
519(11)
Amy J. Behrman
Judith Green-McKenzie
Part III. Evaluating a Hazard and Work Environments
Industrial Hygiene
530(16)
J. Torey Nalbone
James P. McCunney
Workplace Safety
546(8)
Myron C. Harrison
Toxicology
554(17)
Jonathan B. Borak
Richard C. Pleus
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
571(11)
Joseph K. McLaughlin
Loren Lipworth
Occupational Medical Surveillance
582(18)
Philip Harber
Craig Conlon
Robert J. McCunney
Risk Assessment in the Workplace
600(7)
John Whysner
Kenneth H. Chase
Ergonomics
607(17)
Stacy R. Rose
Erin K. Walline
J. Steven Moore
Jonathan B. Borak
Medical Center Occupational Health
624(25)
Marilyn V. Howarth
Mark Russi
Fitness for Duty in the Transportation Industry
649(13)
Natalie P. Hartenbaum
The Construction Industry: Its Occupational Health and Safety Experience and Needs
662(28)
Jean Spencer Felton
Health Risk Communication
690(9)
Victor S. Roth
David H. Garabrant
Craig F. Turet
Reproductive Hazards
699(15)
William W. Greaves
Kevin Soden
Part IV. Environmental Medicine
Environmental Health
714(9)
Tee L. Guidotti
Weimin Song
Environmental Medicine: The Regulatory Issues
723(9)
William B. Bunn
Claudia O'Brien
Jack Shih
International Environmental Health
732(5)
William B. Bunn
Jessica Herzstein
Clinical Environmental Medicine
737(9)
Alan M. Ducatman
Indoor Environmental Quality
746(22)
Robert K. McLellan
Medical Aspects of Environmental Emergencies
768(6)
Jonathan B. Borak
Emergency Response to Environmental Incidents
774(17)
L. Kristian Arnold
Occupational Medicine Aspects of Terrorism
791(22)
L. Kristian Arnold
The Environmental, Health, and Safety Audit
813(10)
Ridgway M. Hall, Jr.
William B. Bunn
Thomas J. Slavin
Environmental Risk Assessment
823(12)
Roger O. McClellan
William B. Bunn
Ambient Particulates and Health Effects
835(16)
Peter A. Valberg
Accessing Environmental Data
851(66)
David M. Gute
Appendix
Appendix A. First Aid Supplies in the Occupational Setting
861(9)
Larry M. Starr
Appendix B. Government and Regulatory Agencies
870(11)
Nancy English
Appendix C. A History of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the Growth of a Specialty
881(7)
Jean Spencer Felton
Appendix D. List of Carcinogens Rated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
888(17)
Appendix E. List of Carcinogens of the National Toxicology Program (NTP)
905(7)
Appendix F. Recommended Library for Occupational and Environmental Physicians
912(5)
Subject Index 917

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