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Occupational and Environmental Health

Seventh edition

Edited by Barry S. Levy, David H. Wegman, Sherry L. Baron, and Rosemary K. Sokas

This leading text on occupational and environmental health, now thoroughly updated in a seventh edition, introduces and explains key concepts and their application
Multidisciplinary and global approach, with extensive citations, makes this an ideal textbook for students and practitioners in public health (including requisite MPH coursework), medicine, nursing, industrial hygiene, safety, ergonomics, environmental sciences, and other fields
Provides a clear understanding of occupational and environmental health and its relationships to public health, environmental science, and government policy.
Case studies help readers apply the basic principles of environmental and occupational health to real-world challenges
Extensive graphs, photographs, and drawings illustrate key concepts
Annotated "Further Reading" sections at the end of each chapter provide resources for obtaining further information

New to this Edition:

New chapters on climate change, children's environmental health, liver disorders, kidney disorders, and a global perspective on occupational health and safety
Expanded coverage of government's role in occupational and environmental health
Updated approaches for recognizing and preventing disease and injury

$140.00

Paperback

Published: 01 December 2017

784 Pages

7 x 10 inches

ISBN: 9780190662677

Also Available As:

Ebook

This title is available as an ebook. To purchase, visit your preferred ebook provider.

Also Available In:

Oxford Scholarship Online

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Occupational and Environmental Health

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Edited by Barry S. Levy, David H. Wegman, Sherry L. Baron, and Rosemary K. Sokas

Preface

Section I: Introduction

1. Occupational and Environmental Health Challenges and Opportunities
Barry S. Levy, David H. Wegman, Sherry L. Baron, and Rosemary K. Sokas

2. Occupational and Environmental Health Equity and Social Justice
Cora Roelofs, Sherry L. Baron, Sacoby Wilson, and Aaron Aber

3. The Roles of Government in Protecting and Promoting Occupational and Environmental Health
Gregory R. Wagner and Emily A. Spieler

Section II: Recognition, Assessment, and Prevention

4. Recognizing and Preventing Occupational and Environmental Disease and Injury
Rosemary K. Sokas, Barry S. Levy, David H. Wegman, and Sherry L. Baron

5. Epidemiology
Sadie Costello, Jennifer M. Cavallari, David H. Wegman, Marie S. O'Neill, and Ellen A. Eisen

6. Occupational and Environmental Health Surveillance
Letitia Davis and Kerry Souza

7. Toxicology
Robert Laumbach and Michael Gochfeld

8. Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
John D. Meeker

9. Occupational Ergonomics: Promoting Safety and Health through Work Design
W. Monroe Keyserling

10. Clinical Occupational and Environmental Health Practice
Bonnie Rogers

Section III: Hazardous Exposures

11. Chemical Hazards
Michael Gochfeld and Robert Laumbach

12A. Noise Exposure and Hearing Disorders
David C. Byrne and Thais C. Morata

12B. Vibration
Peter Johnson and Martin Cherniack

12C. Extremes of Temperature
Ann M. Krake

12D. Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation
John Cardarelli II

13. Biological Hazards
Mark Russi

14. Occupational Stress
Paul A. Landsbergis, Marnie Dobson, Anthony D. LaMontagne, BongKyoo Choi, Peter Schnall, and Dean B. Baker

15. Air Pollution
Horacio Riojas-Rodríguez, Isabelle Romieu, and Mauricio Hernández-Ávila

16. Water Contamination
Jeffery A. Foran and Amaryl Griggs

17. Food Safety
Craig W. Hedberg

18. Hazardous Waste
Ken Silver, Gary A. Davis, and Denny Dobbin

Section IV: Adverse Health Effects

19. Injuries and Occupational Safety
Dawn N. Castillo, Timothy J. Pizatella, and Nancy A. Stout

20. Musculoskeletal Disorders
Carisa Harris-Adamson, Stephen S. Bao, and Bradley Evanoff

21. Cancer
Elizabeth Ward

22. Respiratory Disorders
Crystal M. North and David C. Christiani

23. Neurological Disorders
Margit L. Bleecker

24. Reproductive and Developmental Disorders
Linda M. Frazier and Deborah Barkin Fromer

25. Skin Disorders
Loren C. Tapp and Boris D. Lushniak

26. Cardiovascular Disorders
Kenneth D. Rosenman

27. Liver Disorders
Barry S. Levy

28. Kidney Disorders
Virginia Weaver, Bernard Jaar, and Jeffrey Fadrowski

Section V: An Integrated Approach to Prevention

29. Climate Change
Barry S. Levy and Jonathan A. Patz

30. Children's Environmental Health
Philip J. Landrigan

31. Protecting Disaster Rescue and Recovery Workers
Dori B. Reissman, Maryann M. D'Alessandro, Lisa Delaney, and John Piacentino

32A. Hazards for Agricultural Workers
Amy K. Liebman and John May

32B. Hazards for Construction Workers
Gavin H. West and Laura S. Welch

32C. Hazards for Healthcare Workers
Jane A. Lipscomb

33. Conducting Worksite Investigations
Bruce Bernard

34. Addressing the Built Environment and Health
Richard J. Jackson

35. A Global Perspective on Occupational Health and Safety
Jorma H. Rantanen

Appendix: Illustrative Organizations

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Occupational and Environmental Health

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Edited by Barry S. Levy, David H. Wegman, Sherry L. Baron, and Rosemary K. Sokas

Author Information

Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH, is Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Tufts University School of Medicine and a Past President of the American Public Health Association.

David H. Wegman, MD, MSc, is Professor Emeritus, Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, and Adjunct Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Sherry L. Baron, MD, MPH, is Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health, Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment and the Department of Urban Studies, Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY), who formerly served with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Rosemary K. Sokas, MD, MOH, is a Professor in the , Department of Human Science, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University, who formerly served with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Contributors:

Aaron Aber, BA

Dean B. Baker, MD, MPH

Stephen S. Bao, PhD, CPE, CCPE

Bruce P. Bernard, MD, MPH

Margit L. Bleecker, MD, PhD, FANA

David C. Byrne, PhD

John Cardarelli II, PhD

Dawn N. Castillo, MPH

Jennifer M. Cavallari, ScD, CIH

Martin G. Cherniack, MD, MPH

BongKyoo Choi, ScD MPH

David C. Christiani, MD, MPH, MS

Sadie Costello, PhD

Maryann D'Alessandro, PhD

Juan C. Dapena, MD

Gary A. Davis

Letitia Davis, ScD

Lisa Delaney, MS, CIH

Denny Dobbin, MSc, CIH

Marnie Dobson, PhD

Ellen A. Eisen, ScD

Bradley Evanoff, MD, MPH

Jeffrey J. Fadrowski, MD, MHS

Jeffery A. Foran, PhD

Linda M. Frazier, MD, MPH

Deborah Barkin Fromer, MT (ASCP), MPH

Michael Gochfeld, MD, PhD

Amaryl Griggs

Carisa Harris-Adamson, PhD, CPE

Craig W. Hedberg, PhD

Mauricio Hernández-Ávila, MD, MPH, PhD

Michael Hodgson, MD, MPH

Bernard G. Jaar, MD, MPH

Richard J. Jackson, MD, MPH

Peter W. Johnson, PhD

Ann M. Krake, MS, REHS, CSP

Anthony D. LaMontagne, ScD, MEd

Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc

Paul A. Landsbergis, PhD, EdD, MPH

Robert Laumbach MD, MPH, CIH

Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA

Jane A. Lipscomb, PhD, RN

Boris D. Lushniak, MD

John May, MD

John D. Meeker, ScD, CIH

Thais C. Morata, PhD

Crystal M. North, MD

Marie S. O'Neill, PhD

Jonathan A. Patz, MD, MPH

John Piacentino, MD, MPH

Timothy J. Pizatella, MS

Jorma Rantanen, MD, PhD

Dori B. Reissman, MD, MPH

Horacio Riojas-Rodríguez, MD, PhD

Cora Roelofs, ScD

Bonnie Rogers, DrPH

Isabelle Romieu, MD, MPH, ScD

Kenneth Rosenman, MD

Mark Russi, MD, MPH

Peter Schnall, MD, MPH

Ken Silver, DSc, SM

Kerry Souza, ScD, MPH

Emily A. Spieler

Nancy A. Stout

Loren C. Tapp, MD, MS

Gregory R. Wagner, MD, MPH

Elizabeth Ward, PhD

Virginia M. Weaver, MD, MPH

Laura S. Welch, MD

Gavin H. West, MPH

Sacoby Wilson, PhD, MS

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Occupational and Environmental Health

Seventh edition

Edited by Barry S. Levy, David H. Wegman, Sherry L. Baron, and Rosemary K. Sokas

This leading text on occupational and environmental health, now thoroughly updated in a seventh edition, introduces and explains key concepts and their application
Multidisciplinary and global approach, with extensive citations, makes this an ideal textbook for students and practitioners in public health (including requisite MPH coursework), medicine, nursing, industrial hygiene, safety, ergonomics, environmental sciences, and other fields
Provides a clear understanding of occupational and environmental health and its relationships to public health, environmental science, and government policy.
Case studies help readers apply the basic principles of environmental and occupational health to real-world challenges
Extensive graphs, photographs, and drawings illustrate key concepts
Annotated "Further Reading" sections at the end of each chapter provide resources for obtaining further information

New to this Edition:

New chapters on climate change, children's environmental health, liver disorders, kidney disorders, and a global perspective on occupational health and safety
Expanded coverage of government's role in occupational and environmental health
Updated approaches for recognizing and preventing disease and injury

$140.00

Paperback

Published: 01 December 2017

784 Pages

7 x 10 inches

ISBN: 9780190662677

Also Available As:

Ebook

This title is available as an ebook. To purchase, visit your preferred ebook provider.

Also Available In:

Oxford Scholarship Online

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Second best book in Environmental Health in AJN book awards

Occupational and Environmental Health

Seventh edition

Edited by Barry S. Levy, David H. Wegman, Sherry L. Baron, and Rosemary K. Sokas

Second best book in Environmental Health in AJN book awards

Occupational and Environmental Health

Seventh edition

Edited by Barry S. Levy, David H. Wegman, Sherry L. Baron, and Rosemary K. Sokas

Author Information

Contributors:

Also of Interest

Fitness for Work

Sixth Edition

John Hobson and Julia Smedley
Soda Politics

Marion Nestle
Field Trials of Health Interventions

Third Edition

Peter G. Smith, Richard H. Morrow, and David A. Ross
Work and pain

Elaine Wainwright and Christopher Eccleston
Uncertainty in Medicine

Paul K.J. Han
Systems Science and Population Health

Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed and Sandro Galea
50 Studies Every Occupational Therapist Should Know

Elissa Lee and Beth Pyatak
Contagious Communities

Roberta Bivins
Political Sociology and the People's Health

Jason Beckfield and Nancy Krieger
Mayo Clinic Strategies To Reduce Burnout

Stephen Swensen and Tait Shanafelt
Readings in Global Health

David J. Hunter and Harvey V. Fineberg
Critical Epidemiology and the People's Health

Jaime Breilh and Nancy Krieger
Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health 3e

Third Edition

Steven Sadhra, Alan Bray, and Steve Boorman
Palliative care for older people

Lieve van den Block, Gwenda Albers, Sandra Martins Pereira...
Epidemiology, Second Edition

Second Edition

Petra Buettner and Reinhold Muller
Mayo Clinic Preventive Medicine and Public Health Board Review

Prathibha Varkey, MD, MPH, MHPE

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