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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 Patty's Industrial Hygiene has had a reputation for the past 70 years of providing up to date information for the experienced as well as novice industrial hygienist.The field of IH continues to evolve with personnel working for multinational firms, small consulting firms, or self-employed. Currently, industrial hygienists not only have to worry about occupational health and safety concerns of global workforce which is more diverse, they often provide environmental health information for large companies, as well as large and small government agencies.In response to these changes, the 7th edition of Patty's Industrial Hygiene has added new industrial hygiene/safety topics and updated existing ones. This new edition addresses the needs brought about by globalization and the need for many professionals to expand their roles. This 7th Edition used reviewers from different regions of the world to ensure accuracy, comprehension and completeness of the topics covered by the worldwide contributors, and to cover topics of interest globally. Some of these new topics include robotics, sensors, health and safety issues related to new energy technologies, construction, and cannabis. Zusammenfassung Patty's Industrial Hygiene has had a reputation for the past 70 years of providing up to date information for the experienced as well as novice industrial hygienist.The field of IH continues to evolve with personnel working for multinational firms, small consulting firms, or self-employed. Currently, industrial hygienists not only have to worry about occupational health and safety concerns of global workforce which is more diverse, they often provide environmental health information for large companies, as well as large and small government agencies.In response to these changes, the 7th edition of Patty's Industrial Hygiene has added new industrial hygiene/safety topics and updated existing ones. This new edition addresses the needs brought about by globalization and the need for many professionals to expand their roles. This 7th Edition used reviewers from different regions of the world to ensure accuracy, comprehension and completeness of the topics covered by the worldwide contributors, and to cover topics of interest globally. Some of these new topics include robotics, sensors, health and safety issues related to new energy technologies, construction, and cannabis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Volume 1 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 theWorkplace 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, E...
