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Informationen zum Autor Gregg M. Stave , MD, JD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM, FACPM is a consultant in occupational medicine and corporate health and Assistant Consulting Professor in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He previously worked as a corporate medical director for Glaxo. Peter H. Wald , MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM, FACMT, is the Enterprise Medical Director at USAA in San Antonio, Texas, and Adjunct Professor of Public Health, San Antonio Regional Campus, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX. Klappentext 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 (magnetic fields) radiation, shiftwork, and more* Details major changes in our understanding of biological hazards including Ebola, Chikungunya, Zika, HIV, Hepatitis C, Lyme disease, MERS-CoV, TB, and much more* All infectious diseases have been updated from an occupational health perspective* Includes practical guidance on to how to set up medical surveillance for hazards and suggests preventive measures that can be used to reduce occupational diseases Zusammenfassung 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 (magnetic fields) radiation! shiftwork! and more* Details major changes in our understanding of biological hazards including Ebola! Chikungunya! Zika! HIV! Hepatitis C! Lyme disease! MERS-CoV! TB! and much more* All infectious diseases have been updated from an occupational health perspective* Includes practical guidance on to how to set up medical surveillance for hazards and suggests preventive measures that can be used to reduce occupational diseases Inhaltsverzeichnis About The Editors xi List of Contributors xiii Foreword To The First Edition xvii Preface xix Acgih Policy Statement xxi Acgih Statement of Position xxiii Part I Physical Hazards 1 1 Introduction to Physical Hazards 3 Peter H. Wald I Worker-Material Interfaces 13 2 Ergonomics and Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders 13 Thomas R. Hales 3 Manual Materials Handling 33 Robert B. Dick, Stephen D. Hudock, Ming¿Lun Lu, Thomas R. Waters, and Vern Putz-Anderson 4 Occupational Vibration Exposure 53 David G. Wilder and Donald E. Wasserman 5 Mechanical Energy 73 James Kubalik II the Physical Work Environment 87 6 Hot Environments 87 David W. DeGroot and Laura A. Pacha 7 Cold Environments 101 David W. DeGroot and Laura A. Pacha 8 High¿pressure Environments 111 Tony L. Alleman and Joseph R. Serio 9 Low¿pressure and High¿Altitude Environments 131 Worthe S. Holt 10 Shift Work 139 Allene J. Scott III Energy and Electromagnetic Radiation 177 11 Ionizing Radiation 177 James P. Seward 12 Ultraviolet Radiation 197 James A. Hathaway and David H. Sliney 13 Visible Light and Infrared Radiation 203 James A. Hathaway and David H. Sliney 14 Laser Radiation 209 David H. Sliney and James A. Hathaway 15 Microwave, Radiofrequency, and Extremely Low¿frequency Energy 215 Richard Cohen and Peter H. Wald 16 Noise 223 Robert A. Dobie 17 Electrical Power and Electrical Injuries 231 Jeffrey R. Jones ...
List of contents
ABOUT THE EDITORS xi
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS xiii
FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION xvii
PREFACE xix
ACGIH POLICY STATEMENT xxi
ACGIH STATEMENT OF POSITION xxiii
PART I PHYSICAL HAZARDS 1
1 Introduction to Physical Hazards 3
Peter H. Wald
I Worker-Material Interfaces 13
2 Ergonomics and Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders 13
Thomas R. Hales
3 Manual Materials Handling 33
Robert B. Dick, Stephen D. Hudock, Ming?]Lun Lu, Thomas R. Waters, and Vern Putz-Anderson
4 Occupational Vibration Exposure 53
David G. Wilder and Donald E. Wasserman
5 Mechanical Energy 73
James Kubalik
II The Physical Work Environment 87
6 Hot Environments 87
David W. DeGroot and Laura A. Pacha
7 Cold Environments 101
David W. DeGroot and Laura A. Pacha
8 High?]pressure Environments 111
Tony L. Alleman and Joseph R. Serio
9 Low?]pressure and High?]Altitude Environments 131
Worthe S. Holt
10 Shift Work 139
Allene J. Scott
III Energy and Electromagnetic Radiation 177
11 Ionizing Radiation 177
James P. Seward
12 Ultraviolet Radiation 197
James A. Hathaway and David H. Sliney
13 Visible Light and Infrared Radiation 203
James A. Hathaway and David H. Sliney
14 Laser Radiation 209
David H. Sliney and James A. Hathaway
15 Microwave, Radiofrequency, and Extremely Low?]frequency Energy 215
Richard Cohen and Peter H. Wald
16 Noise 223
Robert A. Dobie
17 Electrical Power and Electrical Injuries 231
Jeffrey R. Jones
PART II BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS 241
18 General Principles of Microbiology and Infectious Disease 243
Woodhall Stopford
19 Clinical Recognition of Occupational Exposure and Health Consequences 249
Gary N. Greenberg and Gregg M. Stave
20 Prevention of Illness from Biological Hazards 261
Gregg M. Stave
21 Viruses 275
Manijeh Berenji
22 Bacteria 347
Christopher J. Martin, Aletheia S. Donahue, and John D. Meyer
23 Mycobacteria 411
Gregg M. Stave
24 Fungi 425
Craig S. Glazer and Cecile S. Rose
25 Anaplasma, Chlamydophila, Coxiella, Ehrlichia, and Rickettsia 457
Dennis J. Darcey
26 Parasites 471
William N. Yang
27 Envenomations 501
James A. Palmier
28 Allergens 519
David C. Caretto
29 Latex 537
Carol A. Epling
30 Malignant Cells 543
Aubrey K. Miller
31 Recombinant Organisms 547
Jessica Herzstein and Gregg M. Stave
32 Prions: Creutzfeldt-jakob Disease (CJD) and Related Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) 553
Dennis J. Darcey
33 Endotoxins 557
Robert Jacobs
34 Wood Dust 563
Harold R. Imbus and Gregg M. Stave
INDEX 569
