This 5th edition is very in depth for medically qualified people active in occupational and therefore also in environmental health. All aspects, medical, social, even political, are fully discussed. Appropriately this sentence is stressed : Screening and monitoring, in and of themselves, prevent nothing; only the appropriate intervention, in response to results of these tests can prevent.
However, nowhere is it precisely stated which results should have an intervention as a result.
I bought this book because my "Industrial Chemical Exposure. Guidelines for Biological Monitoring" by Robert R. Lauwerys and Perrine Hoet. 2nd ed. Lewis, Boca Raton, 1993, looked a bit outdated. I must confess, in my new acquisition I miss pages 290-305 of the old one (16 pages of tables, titled "Biological Monitoring of Chemical Agents", with a column each for 1.Chemical agent 2.Parameter, 3.Biological material, 4. Reference value, 5.Tentative maximal permissible value, 6. Remarks.)
For that kind of data the new text refers to the websites of the CDC, ATSDR, etc. There, it is not that simple to find intervention limits for the hundreds of chemical nuisances.
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Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury Paperback – 28 December 2010
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Occupational and environmental health is the public health and multidisciplinary approach to the recognition, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of disease, injuries, and other adverse health conditions resulting from hazardous environmental exposures in the workplace, the home, or the community. These are essential elements of public health practice and the core course in Environmental Health in Masters of Public Health programs.Thoroughly updated and expanded upon, the sixth edition of Occupational and Environmental Health provides comprehensive coverage and a clear understanding of occupational and environmental health and its relationships to public health, environmental science, and governmental policy. New chapters include Toxicology, Risk Communication, Health Equity and Social Justice, Occupational and Environmental Health Surveillance, Food Safety, Protecting Disaster Rescue and Recovery Workers, Implementing Programs and Policies for a Healthy Workforce, and Addressing the Built Environment and Health. The authors also expand on chapters included in previous chapters, and the book features practical case studies, numerous tables, graphs, and photos, and annotated bibliographies.
- ISBN-100195397886
- ISBN-13978-0195397888
- Edition6th
- PublisherOxford University Press USA
- Publication date28 December 2010
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions25.15 x 3.81 x 18.03 cm
- Print length888 pages
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Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH, is Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. David H. Wegman, MD, MSc, is Professor Emeritus, Department of Work Environment, School of Health and Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Sherry L. Baron, MD, MPH, is Coordinator, Occupational Health Disparities, National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, Cincinnati, OH. Rosemary K. Sokas, MD, MOH, is Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health.
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- Publisher : Oxford University Press USA; 6th edition (28 December 2010)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 888 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0195397886
- ISBN-13 : 978-0195397888
- Dimensions : 25.15 x 3.81 x 18.03 cm
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Great information-Format is hard to read
Reviewed in the United States on 27 June 2013Verified Purchase
This book is packed with information. Unfortunately the format makes it difficult to read. It is printed with two column per page so each column has very few words and the sentences are broken up into several lines. The text is small. The table of contents has a strange organization so it takes some real searching to locate information on a topic in the book.
Overall the book provides a lot of information at a reasonable cost.
Overall the book provides a lot of information at a reasonable cost.
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Could be much more concise
Reviewed in the United States on 9 January 2015Verified Purchase
I found the style to be verbose thus hiding the important content in a sea of pages. However, the index is well done and directs the reader to specific content well.
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