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Developed through an extensive process of consultation with leading professionals and health and safety institutions worldwide, the new, expanded, and long-awaited Fourth Edition of this well-respected reference provides comprehensive, timely, and accurate coverage of the core and allied fields encompassing occupational health and safety. Aimed at the specialist and non-specialist alike such as lawyers, doctors, nurses, engineers, industrial hygienists, toxicologists, regulators, and other safety professionals, this compendium is organized and designed to provide the most critical information in an easy- to-use, easy-to-read format. It uses more than 1,000 illustrations, a new attractive layout, and provides thousands of cited references that provide up-to-date literature reviews. Indexes by subject, chemical name, and author last name makes navigating through information quick and easy. |
The CD-ROM version includes the same information and logical organization as the print volumes plus the added benefit of a powerful search and retrieval engine to make your search for information as easy as a mouse click. You'll access information in seconds.
Here's a sampling of what's covered in each printed volume and the CD-ROM:
Volume 1: Blood, Cancer, Cardiovascular System, Digestive System, Mental Health, Musculoskeletal System, Nervous System, Renal-Urinary System, Reproductive System, Respiratory System, Skin Diseases
Volume 2 : Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Environmental Control, Lighting, Noise, Radiation-Ionizing, Radiation-Non-Ionizing, Vibration, Violence, Visual Display Units
Volume 3 : Using, Storing and Transporting Chemicals, Minerals and Agricultural Chemicals, Metal: Chemical Propeties and Toxicity, Fishing, Food Industry, Forestry, Hunting, Livestock Rearing
Volume 4 : How to use the encyclopaedia, guides to occupations and chemicals, cross-reference index, index of chemical substances, list of authors cited
Updated by DG and EV. Approved by JT. Last updated: xx February 1998