ABC of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

David Snashall, Professor of Occupational Medicine, King’s College London,Honorary Consultant and Clinical Director, Occupational Health and Safety Services, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKDipti Patel, Consultant Occupational Health Physician, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, Director of Clinical Services, Medical Advisory Services for Traveller's Abroad

• Contributors viiPreface ix1 Hazards of Work 1David Snashall2 HealthWork and Wellbeing 7Nerys Williams3 Assessing theWork Environment 11Keith T. Palmer and David Coggon4 Practising Occupational Health 17Anil Adisesh5 Legal Aspects 24Martyn Davidson6 Ethics 31Paul Litchfield7 Fitness for Work 36William Davies8 Musculoskeletal Disorders 45Kim Burton and Nicholas Kendall9 Mental Health 51Samuel B. Harvey and Max Henderson10 Skin Disorders 59Ian R. White11 Respiratory Disorders 63Ira Madan and Paul Cullinan12 Infections 68Dipti Patel13 Occupational Cancers 80John Hobson14 Disorders of Uncertain Aetiology 88Andy Slovak15 Physical Agents 94Ron McCaig16 Ergonomics and Human Factors 107Joanne O. Crawford17 Genetics and Reproduction 113Nicola Cherry18 The AgeingWorkforce 117Sarah Harper19 Travel 122Derek R. Smith Peter A. Leggat and Dipti Patel20 Emerging Issues 129Judy Sng and David Koh21 Pollution 135Robert Maynard22 Global Health 140Paolo VineisIndex 149

“It is extremely good value for its price as each chapter has been extensively researched and updated and has suggestions and references for further reading to explore the subject material in more detail.”  (Journal of Occupational Medicine, 30 May 2013)