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This book will be a great resource for researchers, instructors, policymakers, consultants, and activists in the area of occupational health psychology. It is multidisciplinary and integrative in its combination of classical and innovative theory, empirical evidence, and guidelines for organizational policy and change. I plan to use it myself, as a key source in my own research and funding proposals, as well as for a textbook or supplemental reading...

"This book examines treatment and intervention approaches for first responders and emergency workers with mental health issues"--Provided by publisher.

Nurses, pharmacologists, toxicologists, engineers, epidemiologists, and others address the ways in which the environment affects nursing practice. Twenty- seven contributions are organized into four sections: the environment and the health care workplace, addressing latex allergy, ergonomics, and other topics; environmental health basics including toxicology, environmental epidemiology, and other matters; environmental health risks in specific populations...

From anthrax to asbestos to pesticides, industrial toxins and pollutants have troubled the world for the past century and longer. Environmental hazards from industry remain one of the world's foremost killers. Dangerous Trade establishes historical groundwork for a better understanding of how and why these hazards continue to threaten our shrinking world. In this timely collection, an international group of scholars casts a rigorous eye toward efforts...

"In the early twentieth century, a group of women workers hired to apply luminous paint to watch faces and instrument dials found themselves among the first victims of radium poisoning. Claudia Clark's book tells the compelling story of these women, who at first had no idea that the tedious task of dialpainting was any different from the other factory jobs available to them. But after repeated exposure to the radium-laced paint, they began to develop...

" ... Intended to aid emergency service managers and leaders with the reducing the injury and death of emergency workers by implementing the latest occupational health and safety standards and regulations. In the continually changing world of emergency services, this text's up-to-date coverage of standards and regulations helps managers and leaders stay focused on current trends such as terrorism, technology, and of course, health and safety. The...

Information and Communication Technology is used so constantly for both work and play that it's easy to forget about the dangers it can pose in the form of back pain, eye strain, or simply tripping over a tangle of cluttered cables. This program discusses health and safety issues pertaining to the use of ICT, covering topics such as ergonomics, the positioning of computer hardware, keyboarding and mousing, and problems that can arise from not stopping...

Chemical irritants can cause a debilitating sensitivity or even a chemical injury. This program examines the all-too-common threat of chemical exposure-often from products and materials found in the average home or office building. Showing how contaminants and irritants can travel through heating and air conditioning ducts, the program highlights a case study in which a woman developed rashes, swelling, and difficulty breathing due to chemicals in...