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ISBN10: 0071808167 | ISBN13: 9780071808163

CURRENT Occupational and Environmental Medicine 5/E, 5th Edition

ISBN10: 0071808167
ISBN13: 9780071808163
By Joseph LaDou and Robert Harrison

© 2014 Published March 15, 2014

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A thorough, concise, up-to-date guide to the diagnosis and treatment of common occupational and environmental injuries and diseases

A Doody's Core Title for 2019!


Coverage includes:

  • Chapters on how to conduct an occupational and environmental medical history, examine the patient, evaluate exposures, and prevent further injury and illness
  • New methods of disability management and the important role that physicians can play in preventing disability
  • Practical information on the toxic properties and clinical manifestation of common industrial materials
  • Techniques to prevent acute and cumulative workplace-related injuries
  • Detailed discussion of international occupational and environmental health, and issues of worker migration
  • An appendix that concisely introduces the important topics of biostatistics and epidemiology

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The definitive overview of common occupational and environmental illnesses

NEW CHAPTERS on electronic health records, the management of chronic pain, violence in the workplace, terrorism preparedness, disease surveillance, and chemical policy

Valuable to practicing physicians as well as students and residents

Section I. Practice of Occupational and Environmental Health

OEM; International OEM; EMRs; Workers' Compensation; Disability Prevention and Managment

Section II. Occupational Injuries

Physical Exam; Shoulder, Wrist, Hand Injuries; Spinal Injuries; Pain Management; Eye Injuries; Hearing Loss; Physical Hazards; Ergonomic and Prevention of Occupational Injuries

Section III. Occupational and Environmental Illnesses

Clinical Toxicology; Clinical Immunology; Hematology; Cancer; Infections; Skin Disorders; Upper Respiratory Tract Disorders; Lung Diseases; Liver Toxicology; Renal Toxicology; Neurotoxicology; Female Reproductive Toxicology; Male Reproductive Toxicology

Section IV. Occupational and Environmental Exposures

Metals; Chemicals; Solvents; Gases and Other Airborne Toxicants; Pesticides

Section V. Program Management

Stress & Violence; Substance Abuse; Drug Testing; Safety; Industrial Hygiene; Biologic Monitoring

Section VI. Occupational and Environmental Health

Exposures and Controls; International Chemical Policy; Routine Industrial Emissions, Accidental & Intentional Releases and Hazardous Waste; Outdoor Air Pollution; Building Associated Illness; Water Pollution; Chemical Sensitivity; Disease Surveillance Systems; Health Risk Assessment

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