ABC of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

This new edition of Occupational and Environmental Medicine concentrates more on the newer kinds of occupational disease including those (like “RSI” and pesticide poisoning) where exposure and effects are difficult to understand. There is specific emphasis on work, health and wellbeing, with links to public health, health promotion, the value of work, disabled people at work, the aging workforce, vocational rehabilitation, evidence based practice, and further chapters on the health effects of climate change and of occupational health and safety in relation to migration and terrorism. CONTENTS 1 Hazards of work David Snashall 2 Health, work and wellbeing Nerys Williams 3 Assessing the work environment Keith T. Palmer and David Coggon 4 Practising occupational health Anil Adisesh 5 Legal aspects Martyn Davidson 6 Ethics Paul Litchfield 7 Fitness for work William Davies 8 Musculoskeletal disorders Kim Burton and Nicholas Kendall 9 Mental health Samuel B. Harvey and Max Henderson 10 Occupational dermatoses Ian R. White 11 Respiratory disorders Ira Madan and Paul Cullinan 12 Infections Dipti Patel 13 Occupational cancers John Hobson 14 Occupational and environmental disorders of uncertain aetiology Andy Slovak 15 Physical agents Ron McCaig 16 Ergonomics and human factors Joanne O Crawford 17Work, genetics and reproduction& Nicola Cherry 18 The ageing workforce Sarah Harper 19 Travel for work Derek R. Smith, Peter A. Leggat and Dipti Patel 20 Emerging occupational and environmental issues: challenges for occupational health Judy Sng and David Koh 21 Pollution Robert Maynard 22 Global health Paolo Vineis