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<p>Foreword vii</p> <p>1 Introduction 1</p> <p>2 Occupational Health Services – An International Perspective 10</p> <p>3 Occupational Diseases 23</p> <p>4 Occupational Infections 58</p> <p>5 Clinical Evaluations 77</p> <p>6 Occupational Toxicology 87</p> <p>7 Occupational Cancer 127</p> <p>8 Occupational Hygiene – Gases, Vapours, Dusts and Fibres 139</p> <p>9 Physical Hazards – Light, Heat, Noise, Vibration, Pressure and Radiation 167</p> <p>10 Musculoskeletal Disorders 216</p> <p>11 Psychosocial Aspects of the Workplace 224</p> <p>12 Risk Assessment 249</p> <p>13 Risk Management 298</p> <p>14 Principles of Occupational Epidemiology 309</p> <p>15 Control of Airborne Contaminants 328</p> <p>16 Personal Protection of the Worker 351</p> <p>17 Tertiary Prevention 373</p> <p>18 Special Issues in Occupational Health 377</p> <p>19 Expert and Medicolegal Report Writing 439</p> <p>20 Ethical Aspects of Occupational Health 445</p> <p>Index 455</p>

<p><b>Professor Kerry Gardiner</b>, Professor of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.</p> <p><b>Professor David Rees</b>, Emeritus Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand. National Institute for Occupational Health. Johannesburg, South Africa.</p> <p><b>Professor Anil Adisesh</b>, Associate Professor and Division Director Occupational Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Head of Division Occupational Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.</p> <p><b>Professor David Zalk</b>, Director of Occupational Hygiene; University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Global Program on Occupational Health Practice Online, San Jose, California, USA.</p> <p><b>Professor Malcolm Harrington</b>, CBE, Emeritus Professor of Occupational Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK.</p>

<p>In the newly revised Sixth Edition of<i> Pocket Consultant: Occupational Health, </i>an accomplished and distinguished team of researchers and practitioners deliver a fully updated overview of current occupational health practices. The book offers a complete, international perspective that includes discussions of issues like migrant working populations, and new chapters on occupational exposure in different industries and specific processes. Special issues such as working hours and shift work, alcohol and drug use testing, eHealth, military populations, fatigue, and sleep disorders are also discussed at length. Readers will also find:</p> <ul><li>A thorough introduction to occupational health, including people involved, the roles of occupational health professionals, industrial processes, and health outcomes</li> <li>Comprehensive explorations of occupational health services at an international level, occupational diseases, and occupational infections</li> <li>Practical discussions of clinical evaluations, including pre-employment placement, fitness for work, health assessments, health surveillance, and medical records</li> <li>Examinations of medicolegal report writing and the legal and ethical aspects of occupational health</li> <li>In-depth examinations of occupational toxicology, occupational hygiene, chemical/physical/biological/psychosocial hazards, and the principles of risk assessment and risk management along with the latest on control toolkits</li></ul> <p>Perfect for occupational hygienists, physicians, nurses, safety practitioners and anyone in a health and safety role, <i>Pocket Consultant: Occupational Health</i> will also earn a place in the libraries of general practitioners, medical students, nursing students, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, toxicologists, and occupational psychologists.

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