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Occupational Medicine
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Book : Occupational Medicine Author : * Carl Zenz Language : English Library : Health-Safety-Environment ISBN : 0-8151-9864-7 Publish Date : January 1975 Publisher : Year Book Medical Publishers Book Type : Book Book Number : 592 |
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INDEX
Table of ContentsPart One: Administrative
1. Occupational Health Services for Small Businesses and Other Small Employee Groups, Marcus B, Bond
What Services Should be Provided?. 3. Basic Occupational Health Services, 10. Discussion, 18.
2. Occupational Safety in Industry, Kenneth H. Rohner
Evolution of the Safety Movement in the United States, 21. Occupational Safety and the Total Environment within the Industrial Framework, 24. Cost Analysis as a Measure of Performance, 36.
3. The Occupational Health Nurse: A New Perspective, Mary Louise
The Nurse on the Occupational Health Team, 41. Nursing Service Staffing Patterns, 42. Occupational Health Nurse Positions, 42. Working Relationship between Members of the Occupational Health Team, 43. The Occupational Health Nurse and Community Health and Medical Care Resources, 50. The Record System, 51. The Nurse and the First Aid Worker, 55. The Nurse's Responsibility for the Management of the Occupational Health Unit, 56.
4. Occupational Medicine and Special Relationships with Community Health Care Delivery, James L. Craig
Mobile Health Testing Facility, 61. Mobile Medical Offices, 62. Health Stations, 64. Automated Supportive Systems, 65. Adaptation of Automated Multiphasic Health Testing (AMHT) Techniques to Community Health Care, 66. Community Health Demonstrations, 66. Assessing the Costs and Values of Health Care Systems, 67. AMHT Acceptance, 68. Summary, 68.
5. Occupational Health Programs in Clinics and Hospitals, Bruce E.
Douglass
6. Organization and Staffing, Arthur L. Knight and Carl Zenz
Functions, 79. The Future, 80. Occupational Health Services in Sweden, Lennart Sundell. 80.
7. Workers' Compensation, John R. Ong
Reporting of Injury or Exposure by the Physician, 84. Rehabilitation, 84.
Part Two: Clinical Occupational Medicine
8. Clinical Aspects of Occupational Medicine, Harold R. lmbus . . . Occupational Diseases, 89. Medical Placement, 98.
9. Determination of Fitness to Work, Mario C. Battigelli
Scales of Disability, 111. Detailed Assessment of Disability, 114,
10. Occupational Pulmonary Diseases, Stuart A. Levy
Inorganic Pneumoconiosis, 121. Organic Pneumoconiosis, 139. Conclusion, 147.
11. Aerospace Medicine-Occupational Health Aspects, Charles E.
Billings
The Speciality of Aerospace Medicine, 157. The Aerospace Environment, 159. The Populations Served by Aerospace Medicine, 165. The Nature and Demands of the Jobs, 166. Nonoccupational Factors in Job Performance, 168. Occupational Disorders, 169. Nonoccupationa] Disorders, 174. Legal Controls in Civil Aviation.176. Medical Roles in the Aerospace lndustry, 177. Aerospace Medicine: Problems and Peculiarities, 179. Appendix 11-I: Medical Standards and Certification, 183, Appendix 11-11: Civil Aviation Medicine: Consultant Facilities, 189.
12. Occupational Dermatpses, Robert Pittelkow
Patch Tests, 204. Classification of Lesions, 206. Epoxy Resins, 206. Fiberglass or "Glass Wool," 213. Dermatitis from Rubber Chemicals and from Finished Rubber Products, 213. Nickel Dermatitis, 215. Chromium Dermatitis, 216. Platinum and Its Salts, 216. Cutting Oil Dermatitis, 217. Contaminants in "Cutting Fluids" 220. Prevention of Dermatitis from Cutting Oils, 221. Solvents, 221 Cement Dermatitis, 222. Treatment of Burns, 223. Appendix 12-1: A Summary of Chemical Causes of Skin Affections, 227.
13. Observations on Fibrous Glass in Relation to Health, Jon Konzen ,
Types and Morphology of Fibrous Class, 231. Industrial Hygiene Considerations, 232. Summary, 237.
14. Trauma, Dudley Briggs
Western Electric Columbus, Ohio Works Procedures, 241.
15. Industrial Hygiene,Julian B. Olishifski
Goals, 260. Types of Hazards, 260. Definition of Terms, 262. Chemical Agents, 264. Physical Stresses, 275. Ergonomic Stresses, 284. Evaluation of Health Hazards, 286. Where to Measure, 295. Types of Measuring Instruments, 297. Toxic Substances List. 302. Air Quality Standards, 302. Criteria Documents, 303. Control of Health Hazards, 305. Summary, 312.
Part Three: The Physical Occupational Environment
16. Occupational Noise Exposure and Hearing Conservation, Roger B,
Medical-Legal Implications of Hearing Impairment, 319. Requirements for a Practical Program of Conservation of Hearing in Industry, 320. Ideas for Promoting Hearing Protection, 333. Answers to Employees' Questions about Ear Protection, 336. An Understanding of Sound -The Audiogram 337. How Hearing May Be Impaired, 340. Medical Supervision of Workers Exposed to Noise, 344. Recording or Automatic Andiometry, 345. Instructions for Manual Audiometry, 345. Aid for Those with Hearing Impairment, 346. Psychologic Effects of Deafness, 348. AMA Classification Method, 349.
17. Medical Aspects of Commercial Diving and Compressed Air Work,
The Effects of Compressed Air on the Body, 361. Effects of Increased Partial Pressures of Cases, 363. Decompression, 366. Caisson and
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Compressed Air Tunnel Work, 368. Flying after Diving or Exposure to Compressed Air, 378. Commercial Diving-General Considerations, 379. Emergency Management of Pressure-Related Accidents in Diving and Compressed Air Work, 394. Treatment of Air Embolism, 404. Underwater Blast Injury, 406. Aseptic Necrosis of Bone in Divers and Compressed Air Workers, 406. Physical Examination Standards for Caisson and Compressed Air Tunnel Workers, 410. Physical Examination of Men to be Employed in Compressed Air Tunnel Work or Caissons, 414. Physical Examination Standards for Divers, 417.
18. Ergonomics: Work Effort, Determination of Energy Expenditure and Fatigue, Carl Zenz
19. Biomechanics of Manual Materials Handling and Low Back Pain Don B.
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Scope of Concern, 443. Biomechanics of Manual Materials Handling, 443. Statistical Data Relating Low-Back Pain and Manual Materials Handling Jobs, 453. Personal Risk of Low-Back Pain Due to Manual Materials Handling, 459.
20. Physical Work and Heat Stress, N. B. Strydom
Physiologic Reactions to Exercise and Heat Stress, 469. Aspects of Heat Exchange, 473. Assessing the Environment 475. The Influence of Heat Stress on Health, 479. The Influence of Heat on Productivity, 480. Protective Measures Against Heat, 482. Conclusion, 490.
21. Work under Low Temperatures and Reactions to Cold Stress, Rupert
Adaptation and Acclimatization, 493. Metabolism, 494. Cardiovascular Phenomena, 495.
22. Radiologie Health in Oceupational Medieine Practice George L. Voelz
Basic Concepts of Radiologie Physics, 500. Radiation Measurements, 505. Biologic Effects of Radiation in Man, 507. Radiation Exposures to Man, 518. Uses of Radiation in Industry, 520. Prevention of Radiation Exposures, 523. Radiation Exposure Guidelines and Standards, 525. Medical Program for Radiation Workers, 526. Medical Management of Radiation Accident Cases, 531.
23. Occupational Vibration, Jerry D. Ramsey sical Vibration, 553. The Human Body as a Mechanical System, 554. Vibration Clssification and Tolerance, 555. Physiologic and Subjective Response, 556. Human Performance, 557. Localized Vibration, 559. Protecting Man from Vibratory Environments, 560.
24. Ultraviolet, Microwave, Laser and Infrared Radiation
Ultraviolet Exposure, Carl Zenz and Arthur L. Knight, 563. Microwaves, Arthur L. Knight and Carl Zenz,569. Lasers, Arthur L. Knight and Carl Zenz, 571. Infrared Radiation, Julian Olishifski and Carl Zenz, 574.
Part Four: The Chemical Occupational Environment
25. Permissible Limits for Chemical Exposures, R. L. Zielhuis
Health and Chemical Environment, 579. Threshold Limit Values (TLVs), 583. Interpretation, 587.
26. Creation of a Safe Working Environment in Plants Handling Highly Toxic Chemicals (Design, Operation and Maintenance Principles), R. V. Peruzzi and A. C. Seufer Plant Design, 589. Detection of Leaks During Plant Operation, 591. Plant Operation, 593. Conclusion, 596.
27 Acidic Gases and Aerosols, Maria C. BattigelliBasic Mechanism of Action, 598. Functional Manifestations, 599. Diagnostic Aids, 601. Miscellaneous Laboratory Aids, 602. Treatment, 602.
28. Carbon Monoxide, Eric P. Kindwall
Sources of Exposure, 605. Pathophysiology, 605. Diagnosis, 606. Treatment, 608. Treatment with Hyperbaric Oxygen, 608, Follow-up Care, 610. Prevention of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, 610. Permissible Threshold Values for Carbon Monoxide, 611.
29. Metals and Metalloids
Antimony and Its Compounds, O. Bruce Dickerson, 613. Arsenic and Its Compounds, O. Bruce Dickerson, 614. Barium and Its Compounds, Charles W. Fishburn 618. Beryllium and Its Compounds, Otto P. Preuss 619. Cadmium and Its Compounds, Otto P. Preuss, 636. Chromium and Its Compounds, Tor Norseth 644. Fluoridcs, Arthur L. Knight, 649. Manganese, Shiro Tanaka 659. Mercury and Its Compounds, Arthur L. Knight 668. Nickel and Its Compounds, Carl Zenz, 677. The Rare Earths, Arthur L. Knight, 688. Selenium, Ronald Forbes Buchan, 695. Tellurium, Ronald Forbes Buchan, 700. Tin, Charles W. Fishburn, 701. Vanadium and Its Compounds, Carl Zenz, 702. Zinc, Charles W. Fishburn 710.
30. Lead, Sven Hernberg
Properties, 716. Occurrence, 717. Uses, 717. Exposures, 719. Metabolism, 724. General Toxicology, 728. Clinical Toxicology, 729. Lead Poisoning, 737. Epidemiologic Aspects - A Short Recapitulation, 743. Prevention of Poisoning, 746. Alkyl Lead Compounds, 752. Analytic Aspects, 754. Lead as a Pollutant of the General Environment, 756.
31. Other Important and Widely Used Chemicals
Halogenated Hydrocarbons, Herbert E. Christensen, 771. Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Edward J. Otterson, 780. Occupational Health Aspects of Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing, Louis S. Beliczky and Carl Zenz, 786. Butadiene, Vernon N. Dodson, 815. Styrene Olav Axelson, 817. Isocyanates, Vernon N. Dodson, 820. Pyrolysis Products of Plastics, Vernon N. Dodson, 824. Effects of Nitroglycerin and Nitroglycol Exposure, Lennart Sundell Pontus Götell and Olav Axelson, 826.
32. Occupational Hazards of Selected Pesticides, Rolf Hartun
Epidemiology of Poisoning by Agricultural Chemicals 833. Toxicity of Some Specific Agricultural Chemicals, 834. Possible Effects of Mixtures of Pesticides, 841.
33. Compounds Associated with Careinogenesis Herbert E. Christensen and Carl Zen
Azo Dyes, 849. OSHA Work Practices, 863.table of contents
Part Five: Psychosocial Considerations
34. Psychiatric Services and Industry, Carl Zenz
Employee-Employer Relationships, 871. Transmitting Psychiatric Information, 872. Problem of Part-Time Workers 873.
35. Problem Employees, Robert R. J. Hilker
Emotional Illness, 880. Alcoholism, 885. Drug Abuse, 894. Absence Control, 902. Safety, 902. Summary, 903.
36 The Role of Clinical Psychology, Kenneth Luoto
