Joseph LaDou MS MD and Robert Harrison MD MPH
Now in a fifth edition, this popular occupational medicine reference offers a thorough, concise guide to the diagnosis and treatment of common occupational and environmental injuries and diseases.
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Includes: - Chapters on how to gather a patient's occupational and environmental medical history, conduct an examination, 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 manifestations 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
New to this edition: - New chapters on electronic health records, the management of chronic pain, violence in the workplace, terrorism preparedness, disease surveillance, and chemical policy
Table of Contents
- Practice of Occupational Medicine
- International Occupational and Environmental Health
- Migration and Occupational Health
- The Occupational & Environmental Medical History
- Electronic Health Records
- Workers' Compensation
- Disability Management & Prevention
- Musculoskeletal Injuries
- Shoulder, Elbow, & Hand Injuries
- Back and Lower Extremity Injuries
- Management of Chronic Pain
- Eye Injuries
- Hearing Loss
- Injuries Caused by Physical Hazards
- Ergonomics and the Prevention of Occupational Injuries
- Medical Toxicology
- Clinical Immunology
- Occupational Hematology
- Occupational Cancer
- Occupational Infections
- Occupational Skin Disorders
- Upper Respiratory Tract Disorders
- Occupational Lung Diseases
- Cardiovascular Toxicology
- Liver Toxicology
- Renal Toxicology
- Neurotoxicology
- Female Reproductive Toxicology
- Male Reproductive Toxicology
- Metals
- Chemicals
- Solvents
- Gases and Other Airborne Toxicants
- Pesticides
- Occupational Mental Health & Workplace Violence
- Substance Use Disorders
- CBRNE Preparedness
- Occupational Safety
- Industrial (Occupational) Hygiene
- Disease Surveillance
- Medical Surveillance
- Biologic Monitoring
- Principles of Environmental Health
- International Chemicals Policy, Health, and Human Rights
- Industrial Emissions, Accidental Releases & Hazardous Wastes
- Outdoor Air Pollution
- Building-Associated Illness
- Water Pollution
- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
- Health Risk Assessment
Appendix A: Biostatistics and Epidemiology Appendix B: Answers to Self-Assessment Questions Index
Joseph LaDou, Ms, MD (Aspen CO) is Clinical Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco
Robert J. Harrison, MPH, MD (San Francisco, CA) is Clinical Professor, Division of OEM, University of California-San Francisco