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Front Cover; Book title; Contents; Contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations used; PART ONE --;GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; Section One: History and Development of Occupational Medicine; 1 Donald Hunter and the history of occupational health: precedents and perspectives; 2 The changing face of occupational diseases; Section Two: Diagnosis of Occupational Disease; 3 The occupational history; 4 Occupational exposure to hazardous substances; 5 Biological monitoring; Section Three: Extent and Attribution of Occupational Disease; 6 Epidemiological methods and evidence-based occupational medicine. 7 Attribution of disease8 Compensation schemes; Section Four: Legal Issues; 9 Medicolegal reports and the role of the expert witness; PART TWO --;DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICAL AGENTS; Section One: Occupational Toxicology; 10 Occupational toxicology: general principles; 11 Risks and hazards in occupational and environmental exposures; Section Two: Metals; 12 Introduction; 13 Aluminium; 14 Antimony; 15 Arsenic; 16 Beryllium; 17 Cadmium; 18 Chromium; 19 Cobalt; 20 Copper; 21 Gold; 22 Iron; 23 Lead; 24 Magnesium; 25 Manganese; 26 Mercury; 27 Molybdenum; 28 Nickel; 29 Phosphorus. 30 Platinum group metals31 Polonium; 32 Silver; 33 Thallium; 34 Tin; 35 Tungsten; 36 Uranium; 37 Vanadium; 38 Zinc; Section Three: Gases; 39 Gases; 40 Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome and irritant-induced asthma; 41 Deliberate use of chemicals in warfare and by terrorists; Section Four: Other Chemical Exposures; 42 Organic chemicals; 43 Pesticides and other agrochemicals; 44 Welding; 45 The semiconductor industry; PART THREE --;DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH PHYSICAL AGENTS; Section One: Noise; 46 Sound, noise and the ear; Section Two: Vibration; 47 Hand-arm vibration syndrome. 48 Whole body vibrationSection Three: Heat and Cold; 49 Heat and cold; Section Four: Barometric Pressure; 50 Diving and work at increased pressure; 51 Working at high altitude; 52 Flying and spaceflight; Section Five: Radiation; 53 Ionizing radiations; 54 Non-ionizing radiation and the eye; 55 Extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields; 56 Radiofrequency fields; PART FOUR --;DISEASES RELATED TO ERGONOMIC AND MECHANICAL FACTORS; Section One: The Musculoskeletal System; 57 Repeated movements and repeated trauma affecting the musculoskeletal system; Section Two: Back and Spinal Pain. 58 Occupational back painPART FIVE --;OCCUPATION AND TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES; Section One: Occupational Infections; 59 Occupational infections; 60 Zoonoses; Section Two: Bioterrorism and Biotechnology; 61 Bioterrorism; 62 Genetic modification and biotechnology; PART SIX --;WORK AND MENTAL HEALTH; Section One: Work and Stress; 63 Introduction to work and stress; 64 Work, stress and sickness absence: a psychosocial perspective; 65 Mental health at work: psychological interventions; Section Two: Work and Psychiatric Disorder; 66 Work and psychiatric disorder: an evidence-based approach.
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PART ONE - GENERAL CONSIDERATIONSSection One: History and Development of Occupational MedicineDonald Hunter and the history of occupational health: precedents and perspectivesJoseph Melling and Tim CarterThe changing face of occupational diseasesPeter J Baxter, Tar-Ching Aw, Anne Cockcroft, Paul Durrington and J Malcolm HarringtonSection Two: Diagnosis of Occupational DiseaseThe occupational historyTar-Ching AwOccupational exposure to hazardous substancesJohn W Cherrie and Sean SempleBiological monitoringJohn Cocker and Howard J MasonSection Three: Extent and Attribution of Occupational DiseaseEpidemiological methods and evidence-based occupational medicineDavid CoggonAttribution of diseaseAnthony Newman Taylor and David CoggonCompensation schemesAnthony Newman Taylor and David WaltersSection Four: Legal IssuesMedicolegal reports and the role of the expert witnessDiana M KlossPART TWO - DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICAL AGENTSSection One: Occupational ToxicologyOccupational toxicology: general principlesPeter G Blain and Robert D JeffersonRisks and hazards in occupational and environmental exposuresRobert L MaynardSection Two: MetalsIntroductionTar-Ching AwAluminiumPerrine HoetAntimonyMalcolm R SimArsenicMalcolm R SimBerylliumLee S Newman and Holly M ChristensenCadmiumPerrine HoetChromiumTom SorahanCobaltPerrine HoetCopperPeter AggettGoldPeter LinnettIronPeter AggettLeadPeter J Baxter and Hideki IgisuMagnesiumPeter AggettManganeseGrant McMillan and Finlay D DickMercuryPeter J Baxter and Hideki IgisuMolybdenumMalcolm R SimNickelTom SorahanPhosphorusMalcolm R SimPlatinum group metalsPeter LinnettPoloniumIain BlairSilverPeter LinnettThalliumHideki Igisu and Tar-Ching AwTinTar-Ching Aw and Hideki IgisuTungstenPerrine HoetUraniumIain BlairVanadiumFinlay D DickZincPeter AggettSection Three: GasesGasesPeter J BaxterReactive airways dysfunction syndrome.Andirritant-induced asthmaJon G AyresDeliberate use of chemicals in warfare and by terroristsRobert L MaynardSection Four: Other Chemical ExposuresOrganic chemicalsTiina Santonen, Antero Aitio and Harri VainioPesticides and other agrochemicalsIan Brown, Annalisa Chiodini, Chiara Somaruga and Claudio ColosioWeldingGrant McMillanThe semiconductor industryDavid Koh and Judy SngPART THREE - DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH PHYSICAL AGENTSSection One: NoiseSound, noise and the earRichard T Ramsden and Shakeel R SaeedSection Two: VibrationHand-arm vibration syndromeIan J Lawson, Frank Burke, Kenneth L McGeoch,Tohr Nilsson and George ProudWhole body vibrationMassimo Bovenzi and Keith PalmerSection Three: Heat and ColdHeat and coldE Howard N OakleySection Four: Barometric PressureDiving and work at increased pressureStephen Watt and Andrew ColvinWorking at high altitudePeter JG ForsterFlying and spaceflightMike Gibson, David Gradwell and Alyson CalderSection Five: RadiationIonizing radiationsChris Sharp and Fred A Mettler JrNon-ionizing radiation and the eyeMichael E Boulton and David H SlineyExtremely low frequency electric and magnetic fieldsLeeka Kheifets and Gabor MezeiRadiofrequency fieldsGabor Mezei and Leeka KheifetsPART FOUR - DISEASES RELATED TO ERGONOMIC AND MECHANICAL FACTORSSection One: The Musculoskeletal SystemRepeated movements and repeated trauma affecting the musculoskeletal systemCyrus Cooper and Keith PalmerSection Two: Back and Spinal PainOccupational back painJos H Verbeek and Frederieke SchaafsmaPART FIVE - OCCUPATION AND TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASESSection One: Occupational InfectionsOccupational infectionsJulia Heptonstall and Anne CockcroftZoonosesAlastair Miller and Julia HeptonstallSection Two: Bioterrorism and BiotechnologyBioterrorismJulia HeptonstallGenetic modification and biotechnologyDavid RoomesPART SIX - WORK AND MENTAL HEALTHSection.One:Work and StressIntroduction to work and stressPeter Baxter, Tar-Ching Aw and Anne CockcroftWork, stress and sickness absence: a psychosocial perspectiveMaurice Lipsedge and Michael CalnanMental health at work: psychological interventionsAdrian NealSection Two: Work and Psychiatric DisorderWork and psychiatric disorder: an evidence-based approachNick Glozier, Max Henderson, Neil Greenberg and Simon OverlandSection Three: Substance AbuseSubstance abuse and the workplaceJonathan D ChickPART SEVEN - RESPIRATORY DISORDERSSection One: General IssuesImaging in occupational lung diseasePaul M TaylorWork and chronic air flow limitationDavid J HendrickHealth effects of ultrafine/nanoparticlesKen Donaldson, Robert J Aitken, Jon G Ayres, Brian G Miller and C Lang TranHealth effects related to non-industrial workplace indoor environmentsJouni JK Jaakkola and Maritta S JaakkolaSection Two: Organic Dust DiseasesOccupational asthmaPaul Cullinan and Anthony Newman TaylorByssinosis and other cotton-related diseasesCAC Pickering and Robert NivenExtrinsic allergic alveolitisPaul Cullinan and Anthony Newman TaylorSection Three: Inorganic Dust DiseasesInorganic dusts: general aspectsAnne CockcroftAsbestos and asbestos-related diseasesDavid Weill and Anne CockcroftEpidemiology of asbestos-related diseasesRobin M RuddOther fibrous mineral dustsAnne CockcroftSilica and silica-related diseasesAnne CockcroftEpidemiology of silica-related diseaseKyle SteenlandOther non-fibrous mineral dustsAnne CockcroftMetal dusts and fumesBenoit NemeryBerylliosisHolly M Christensen and Lee S NewmanPART EIGHT - OTHER EFFECTS OF WORKPLACE EXPOSURESSection One: Occupational Diseases of the SkinOccupational diseases of the skinJohn English and Jason WilliamsSection Two: Occupational CancersOccupational cancer: epidemiology, biological mechanisms and biomarkersManolis Kogevinas, J Malcolm.Harringtonand Roel VermeulenSection Three: Other Systemic EffectsNephrotoxic effects of workplace exposuresRema Saxena, Pearl Pai and Gordon M BellNeurotoxic effects of workplace exposuresMichael J Aminoff and Marcello LottiHepatotoxic effects of workplace exposureThomas W Warnes and Alexander SmithWorkplace exposures and reproductive healthJens Peter BondeHaemopoietic effects of workplace exposures: anaemias, leukaemias and lymphomasEdward Gordon-Smith, Anthony Yardley-Jones and Atherton GraySection Four: Shift WorkShift work and extended hours of workGiovanni Costa, Simon Folkard and J Malcolm Harrington.