Physical and biological hazards of the workplace

Physical and biological hazards of the workplace

"Completely updated version this classic reference covers both physical hazards and biological agents. Provides updated information on protecting workers from proven and possible health risks from manual material handling, extremes of temperature and pressure, ionizing and non-ionizing (magneti...

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Otros Autores: Stave, Gregg M., editor (editor), Wald, Peter H., 1955- editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Incorporated [2017]
Edición:Third edition
Materias:
Medicine, Industrial.
Industrial hygiene.
Occupational diseases.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009849101806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • TITLE PAGE
  • COPYRIGHT PAGE
  • CONTENTS
  • ABOUT THE EDITORS
  • LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  • FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION
  • PREFACE
  • ACGIH POLICY STATEMENT
  • ACGIH STATEMENT OF POSITION
  • PART I PHYSICAL HAZARDS
  • CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION to PHYSICAL HAZARDS
  • MECHANICS
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
  • WORKER PROTECTION
  • FURTHER READING
  • I WORKER-MATERIAL INTERFACES
  • CHAPTER 2 ERGONOMICS and UPPER EXTREMITYMUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
  • OCCUPATIONAL SETTING
  • MEASUREMENT-ASSESSMENT
  • EXPOSURE GUIDELINES
  • NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
  • DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
  • SURVEILLANCE
  • PREVENTION
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 3 MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING
  • OCCUPATIONAL SETTING
  • NORMAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SPINE
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY AND RISK FACTORS
  • MEASUREMENT ISSUES
  • GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS
  • DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
  • MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
  • PREVENTION
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 4 OCCUPATIONAL VIBRATION EXPOSURE
  • OCCUPATIONAL SETTING
  • OCCUPATIONAL VIBRATION MEASUREMENTS
  • OCCUPATIONAL VIBRATION GUIDELINES USED IN THE UNITED STATES
  • WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION AND LOW BACK PROBLEMS
  • PREVENTION
  • HAND-ARM VIBRATION MEDICAL EFFECTS
  • DIAGNOSIS
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
  • TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT
  • HAND-ARM VIBRATION CONTROL
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 5 MECHANICAL ENERGY
  • OCCUPATIONAL SETTING
  • MEASUREMENT ISSUES
  • EXPOSURE GUIDELINES
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY
  • TREATMENT
  • SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS
  • PREVENTION
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • II THE PHYSICAL WORK ENVIRONMENT
  • HOT ENVIRONMENTS
  • OCCUPATIONAL SETTING
  • MEASUREMENT ISSUES
  • EXPOSURE GUIDELINES
  • ACGIH GUIDELINES
  • NIOSH GUIDELINES
  • NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ILLNESS AND TREATMENT
  • MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
  • HEAT EXPOSURE AND REPRODUCTION
  • PREVENTION
  • REFERENCES.
  • CHAPTER 7 COLD ENVIRONMENTS
  • OCCUPATIONAL SETTING
  • MEASUREMENT ISSUES
  • EXPOSURE GUIDELINES
  • NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY
  • DIAGNOSIS
  • TREATMENT
  • MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
  • PREVENTION
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 8 HIGH-PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTS
  • OCCUPATIONAL SETTING
  • MEASUREMENT ISSUES AND PHYSICS OF PRESSURE
  • EXPOSURE GUIDELINES
  • SPECIAL UNDERWATER STRESSORS
  • OTHER HAZARDS IN THE DIVING ENVIRONMENT
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DIRECT PRESSURE INJURY
  • LONG‐TERM HEALTH EFFECTS
  • TREATMENT OF BUBBLE‐RELATED DISEASE
  • MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
  • PREVENTION
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 9 LOW-PRESSURE and HIGH-ALTITUDE ENVIRONMENTS
  • OCCUPATIONAL SETTING
  • LOW-PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTS
  • HYPOXIA
  • HIGH-ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION AND ILLNESS
  • OTHER ALTITUDE-RELATED CONDITIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 10 SHIFT WORK
  • OCCUPATIONAL SETTING
  • MEASUREMENT GUIDELINES
  • EXPOSURE GUIDELINES (SCHEDULE DESIGN)
  • NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY
  • PATHOBIOLOGY (CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS AND SHIFT WORK)
  • DIAGNOSIS
  • TREATMENT (COUNTERMEASURES)
  • MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
  • PREVENTION AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 11 IONIZING RADIATION
  • BACKGROUND RADIATION
  • OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES
  • DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL EXPOSURES
  • MEASUREMENT ISSUES AND THE PHYSICS OF IONIZING RADIATION
  • EXPOSURE GUIDELINES
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND HEALTH EFFECTS
  • DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
  • PREVENTION
  • EMERGENCY INFORMATION AND EXPERT ADVICE
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 12 ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
  • OCCUPATIONAL SETTING
  • MEASUREMENT ISSUES
  • EXPOSURE GUIDELINES
  • NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY
  • DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
  • MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
  • PREVENTION
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 13 VISIBLE LIGHT and INFRARED RADIATION
  • OCCUPATIONAL SETTING
  • MEASUREMENT ISSUES
  • EXPOSURE GUIDELINES
  • NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY
  • TREATMENT.
  • MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
  • PREVENTION
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 14 LASER RADIATION
  • OCCUPATIONAL SETTING
  • MEASUREMENT ISSUES AND CLASSIFICATION OF LASER POWER
  • EXPOSURE GUIDELINES
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY
  • TREATMENT
  • MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
  • PREVENTION
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 15 MICROWAVE, RADIOFREQUENCY, and EXTREMELY LOW-FREQUENCY ENERGY
  • MICROWAVE AND RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION
  • EXTREMELY LOW-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION: MAGNETIC FIELDS
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 16 NOISE
  • OCCUPATIONAL SETTING
  • MEASUREMENT ISSUES
  • EXPOSURE GUIDELINES
  • NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS
  • DIAGNOSIS
  • TREATMENT
  • MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
  • PREVENTION
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 17 ELECTRICAL POWER and ELECTRICAL INJURIES
  • OCCUPATIONAL SETTING
  • LIGHTNING INJURIES
  • REFERENCES
  • PART II BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
  • CHAPTER 18 GENERAL PRINCIPLES of MICROBIOLOGY and INFECTIOUS DISEASE
  • ETIOLOGY OF DISEASE
  • TRANSMISSIBILITY OF DISEASE
  • INFECTIVITY OF DISEASE
  • CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS FOR LABORATORY WORK
  • FURTHER READING
  • CHAPTER 19 CLINICAL RECOGNITION of OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE and HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
  • INFECTION
  • SPECIFIC CLINICAL DISEASES
  • IMMUNE MECHANISMS AND HYPERSENSITIVITY DISORDERS
  • SPECIFIC CLINICAL SYNDROMES
  • LABORATORY CONFIRMATION OF INFECTIOUS AND HYPERSENSITIVITY DISEASES
  • CLINICAL TESTING FOR HYPERSENSITIVITY
  • WHEN TO SUSPECT OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN
  • EVALUATION OF SUSPECTED OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS
  • FURTHER READING
  • CHAPTER 20 PREVENTION of ILLNESS from BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
  • OCCUPATIONS WITH POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
  • THE OSHA BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS STANDARD
  • THE HISTORY OF OSHA GUIDELINES FOR TUBERCULOSIS
  • PROPOSED OSHA INFECTIOUS DISEASE STANDARD
  • PREVENTION OF EXPOSURE TO BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
  • SURVEILLANCE
  • VACCINATION.
  • SPECIAL SITUATIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 21 VIRUSES
  • ARBOVIRUSES
  • REFERENCES
  • ARENAVIRUSES
  • REFERENCES
  • CORONAVIRUS
  • REFERENCES
  • CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (CMV)
  • REFERENCES
  • FILOVIRUSES (EBOLA AND MARBURG VIRUSES)
  • REFERENCES
  • HANTAVIRUSES
  • REFERENCES
  • HEPATITIS A VIRUS (HAV)
  • REFERENCES
  • HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV)
  • REFERENCES
  • HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV)
  • REFERENCES
  • HERPES B VIRUS
  • REFERENCES
  • HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS (HSV)
  • REFERENCES
  • HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV‐1)
  • REFERENCES
  • HUMAN T-CELL LYMPHOTROPHIC VIRUS
  • REFERENCES
  • INFLUENZA VIRUS
  • REFERENCES
  • MEASLES VIRUS
  • REFERENCES
  • MUMPS VIRUS
  • REFERENCES
  • NOROVIRUS (FORMERLY NORWALK VIRUS) AND OTHER ENTERIC VIRUSES
  • REFERENCES
  • PARVOVIRUS B19
  • REFERENCES
  • RABIES VIRUS
  • REFERENCES
  • RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV)
  • REFERENCES
  • RUBELLA VIRUS
  • REFERENCES
  • SIMIAN RETROVIRUSES
  • REFERENCES
  • VACCINIA
  • REFERENCES
  • VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS (VZV)
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 22 BACTERIA
  • ACINETOBACTER SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • BACILLUS SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • BORRELIA SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • BRUCELLA SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • CAMPYLOBACTER SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM (INCLUDING C. ARGENTINENSE, C. BARATII, AND C. BUTYRICUM)
  • REFERENCES
  • CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE
  • REFERENCES
  • CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS (ALSO C. SEPTICUM, C. NOVI)
  • REFERENCES
  • CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI
  • REFERENCES
  • CORYNEBACTERIUM SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE
  • REFERENCES
  • ESCHERICHIA COLI
  • REFERENCES
  • FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS (INCLUDING F. NOVOCIDA)
  • REFERENCES
  • HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI
  • REFERENCES
  • HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA
  • REFERENCES
  • HELICOBACTER PYLORI
  • REFERENCES
  • LEGIONELLA SPECIES (LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA, LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE)
  • REFERENCES
  • LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS
  • REFERENCES.
  • LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES
  • REFERENCES
  • MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE
  • REFERENCES
  • NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE
  • REFERENCES
  • NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS
  • REFERENCES
  • PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA
  • REFERENCES
  • PSEUDOMONAS AND BURKHOLDERIA SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • RAT-BITE FEVER: STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS AND SPIRILLUM MINOR
  • REFERENCES
  • RELAPSING FEVER: BORRELIA SPECIES (other than B. burgdorferi)
  • REFERENCES
  • SALMONELLA SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • SHIGELLA SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • STAPHYLOCOCCUS SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • STREPTOCOCCUS SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
  • REFERENCES
  • VIBRIO CHOLERAE
  • REFERENCES
  • VIBRIO SPECIES OTHER THAN V. CHOLERAE (V. PARAHEMOLYTICUS, V. VULNIFICUS)
  • REFERENCES
  • YERSINIA PESTIS
  • REFERENCES
  • YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS AND ENTEROCOLITICA
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 23 MYCOBACTERIA
  • MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS (M. tb.)
  • REFERENCES
  • MYCOBACTERIA OTHER THAN MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 24 FUNGI
  • ALTERNARIA SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • ASPERGILLUS SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • BASIDIOMYCETES (INCLUDING MERULIUS LACRYMANS, LYCOPERDON, AND MUSHROOMS)
  • REFERENCES
  • BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS
  • REFERENCES
  • CANDIDA SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • CLADOSPORIUM SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS
  • REFERENCES
  • CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS AND CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII
  • REFERENCES
  • CRYPTOSTROMA CORTICALE
  • REFERENCES
  • FONSECAEA AND OTHER AGENTS OF CHROMOMYCOSIS
  • REFERENCES
  • HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM
  • REFERENCES
  • MADURELLA SPECIES AND OTHER AGENTS OF MYCETOMA
  • REFERENCES
  • PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS
  • REFERENCES
  • PENICILLIUM SPECIES
  • REFERENCES
  • SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII
  • REFERENCES
  • STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM
  • REFERENCES
  • TRICHOPHYTON AND OTHER DERMATOPHYTES
  • REFERENCES
  • ZYGOMYCETES
  • REFERENCES.
  • CHAPTER 25 ANAPLASMA, CHLAMYDOPHILA, COXIELLA, EHRLICHIA, and RICKETTSIA.

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