Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene: An Introduction, Fourth Edition

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Now in its fourth edition, this book allows for early career occupational hygienists and occupational health and safety professionals or students to develop their basic skills and knowledge to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control workplace hazards that can result in injury, illness, impairment, or affect the well-being of workers and members of the community. Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene: An Introduction, Fourth Edition offers a comprehensive overview of occupational health risks and hazardous environments encountered in a range of industries and organizational settings.This new edition offers information on the current techniques and equipment used in assessing workplace hazards. Methods of assessment are developing at a rapid rate due to the new technologies now available. Featuring new chapters on occupational hygiene statistics and psychosocial hazards and fully updated throughout, leading industry professionals and educators explain how to identify key workplace hazards including chemical agents such as dusts, metals and gases; physical agents such as noise, radiation and extremes of heat and cold; and microbiological agents. The book highlights assessment procedures and processes for identifying exposure levels and explains how to evaluate risk and follow safety guidelines to control and manage these hazards effectively. Highly illustrated, up to date with current Workplace Health and Safety legislation and written in a jargon-free manner, this book will be a bible to any student or professional.Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene: An Introduction, Fourth Edition is an essential reference for students, early career Occupational Hygienists professionals and anyone in an Occupational Health and Safety role.
Copyright:
2025

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781040175903
Related ISBNs:
9781000246889, 9781032645841, 9781040175866, 9781032645858, 9781032590578
Publisher:
CRC Press
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Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Sue Reed
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Technology, Medicine, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Sue Reed

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