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Informationen zum Autor Barbara Cohrssen is President of Cohrssen Environmental, Inc. and is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and Registered Environmental Assessor. She co-edited the previous edition of both Patty's Toxicology and Patty's Industrial Hygiene . She has over 30 years of experience in occupational and environmental health and safety. Klappentext Since the first edition in 1948, Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology has become a flagship publication for Wiley. During its nearly seven decades in print, it has become a standard reference for the fields of occupational health and toxicology. The volumes on industrial hygiene are cornerstone reference works for not only industrial hygienists but also chemists, engineers, toxicologists, lawyers, and occupational safety personnel.Volume 1 covers Introduction of Industrial Hygiene and Recognition of Chemical Agents. In addition to revised and updated chapters, a number of new chapters reflect current technology and concerns. The chapters include Ethics in Industrial Hygiene, Prevention through Design, Risk Communication, Managing Workplace Demographics, and Mastering Digital Media for Workers, Employers and Community Practice. Zusammenfassung Since the first edition in 1948, Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology has become a flagship publication for Wiley. During its nearly seven decades in print, it has become a standard reference for the fields of occupational health and toxicology. The volumes on industrial hygiene are cornerstone reference works for not only industrial hygienists but also chemists, engineers, toxicologists, lawyers, and occupational safety personnel.Volume 1 covers Introduction of Industrial Hygiene and Recognition of Chemical Agents. In addition to revised and updated chapters, a number of new chapters reflect current technology and concerns. The chapters include Ethics in Industrial Hygiene, Prevention through Design, Risk Communication, Managing Workplace Demographics, and Mastering Digital Media for Workers, Employers and Community Practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors vii Preface ix Useful Equivalents and Conversion Factors xi Part I Introduction To Industrial Hygiene 1 Occupational and Industrial Hygiene as a Profession: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 3 Barbara J. Dawson, Kyle B. Dotson, Faye Grimsley, Thomas Grumbles, Zack Mansdorf, David Roskelley, Jennifer Sahmel, Noel Tresider, and Candace Tsai Ethics in Industrial Hygiene 19 Nina Townsend, Garrett Brown, and Mark Katchen Prevention through Design 31 Georgi Popov, Bruce Lyon, and Tsvetan Popov Risk Communication 51 David M. Zalk Health Risk Assessment in the Workplace 67 Chris Laszcz-Davis, Fred W. Boelter, Michael Jayjock, Frank Hearl, Perry Logan, Cristina Ford McLaughlin, Mary V. O'Reilly, R. Thomas Radcliffe Jr., Esquire, and Mark Stenzel Decision Making in Managing Risk 103 Charles F. Redinger, Fred W. Boelter, Mary V. O'Reilly, John Howard and Glenn J. Barbi Managing Workplace Demographics 127 John Howard Mastering Digital Media for Workers, Employers, and Our Community of Practice 139 Max Lum Part II Chemical Agents 159 The History and Biological Basis of Occupational Exposure Limits for Chemical Agents 161 Dennis J. Paustenbach and William D. Cyrs The Mode of Absorption, Distribution, and Elimination of Toxic Materials 213 Franklin E. Mirer Symptomatic Responses to Low-Level Occupational and Environmental Exposures 241 Brian Linde and Carrie A. Redlich Basic Aerosol Science 255 Parker C. Reist and Yifang Zhu Pulmonary Effects of Inhaled Mineral Dusts 283 David Fishwick and Chris M. Barber Engineered Nanomaterials ...
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Contributors vii
Preface ix
Useful Equivalents and Conversion Factors xi
Part I Introduction To Industrial Hygiene 1
Occupational and Industrial Hygiene as a Profession: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 3
Barbara J. Dawson, Kyle B. Dotson, Faye Grimsley, Thomas Grumbles, Zack Mansdorf, David Roskelley, Jennifer Sahmel, Noel Tresider, and Candace Tsai
Ethics in Industrial Hygiene 19
Nina Townsend, Garrett Brown, and Mark Katchen
Prevention through Design 31
Georgi Popov, Bruce Lyon, and Tsvetan Popov
Risk Communication 51
David M. Zalk
Health Risk Assessment in the Workplace 67
Chris Laszcz-Davis, Fred W. Boelter, Michael Jayjock, Frank Hearl, Perry Logan, Cristina Ford McLaughlin, Mary V. O'Reilly, R. Thomas Radcliffe Jr., Esquire, and Mark Stenzel
Decision Making in Managing Risk 103
Charles F. Redinger, Fred W. Boelter, Mary V. O'Reilly, John Howard and Glenn J. Barbi
Managing Workplace Demographics 127
John Howard
Mastering Digital Media for Workers, Employers, and Our Community of Practice 139
Max Lum
Part II Chemical Agents 159
The History and Biological Basis of Occupational Exposure Limits for Chemical Agents 161
Dennis J. Paustenbach and William D. Cyrs
The Mode of Absorption, Distribution, and Elimination of Toxic Materials 213
Franklin E. Mirer
Symptomatic Responses to Low-Level Occupational and Environmental Exposures 241
Brian Linde and Carrie A. Redlich
Basic Aerosol Science 255
Parker C. Reist and Yifang Zhu
Pulmonary Effects of Inhaled Mineral Dusts 283
David Fishwick and Chris M. Barber
Engineered Nanomaterials 311
Thomas M. Peters and Peter C. Raynor
Gases and Vapors Affecting the Respiratory System 333
Philip Harber, William S. Beckett, and Marion J. Fedoruk
Dermal Effects of Chemical Exposures 361
Katherine J. Allnutt and Rosemary L. Nixon
Analytical Methods 383
Robert G. Lieckfield Jr.
Index 401
