Monitoring the Worker for Exposure and Disease

Nicholas A. Ashford is associate professor of technology and policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Crisis in the Workplace and co-author of Technology, Law and the Working Environment. Christine J. Spadafor is an attorny with Hill and Barlow in Boston. Dale B. Hattis is a principal research associate and Charles C. Caldart is a research associate at the Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• About the AuthorsIntroductionPart I. Definitions and Legal AuthorityChapter 1. Overview and Definitions: Monitoring, Surveillance, and ScreeningChapter 2. Legal Authority for Human MonitoringPart II. Scientific and Technical ConcernsChapter 3. Medical SurveillanceChapter 4. Genetic MonitoringChapter 5. Biological MonitoringChapter 6. Genetic and Other Sensitivity ScreeningChapter 7. The Frequency and Timing of ExaminationsPart III. The Health Implications of Removing Workers on the Basis of Human Monitoring TestsChapter 8. Human Variability and High-Risk GroupsChapter 9. Consequences to the Worker of Medical RemovalPart IV. Legal and Ethical ConsiderationsChapter 10. Limitations on the Authority to Require Human MonitoringChapter 11. The USe of Monitoring ResultsChapter 12. Policy and Ethical ConsiderationsNotesIndex

"Highly recommended for people working in the field of occupational health. Its 'state of the art' descriptions of methods used in monitoring exposures, diseases, and early signs of pathology are very informative. American Journal of Epidemiology