Textbook of occupational medicine

Abstract

This book contains the following chapters written by different authors : organization and social structure of industry; organization of occupational health services; occupational health and the law; medical ethics in industry; principles of workplace inspection; principles of occupational hygiene; chemical hazards in the workplace; occupationally related cancer; reproductive health hazards in the workplace; biological hazards in the workplace; noise and vibration; lighting and visual work in industry; occupational health problems in diving and compressed air working; effects of extremes of temperature; ionising and non-ionising radiation; occupational respiratory disease; occupational skin disease; psychosocial factors in the workplace; safety and accident provision; disability, return to work and rehabilitation; occupational medicine in the tropics; the application of statistics to occupational medicine and toxicology; index.