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Sponsored by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, this updated Third Edition is a comprehensive, practical guide to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of occupationally related disorders. It provides an excellent overview of technical issues, practical applications, and preventive strategies for illness and injury related to the workplace. Emphasizing prevention, new chapters provide expansive coverage of environmentally induced asthma and allergies. A section of competencies is included for certification preparation within this specialty. A comprehensive index provides reference ease for examination of all aspects of occupational and environmental medicine.
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McCunney (safety and health administrator, Boeing Co.) presents a new edition of the textbook that serves as the basis of the Occupational Medicine Self Assessment Review of the American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. The material has been expanded to 60 chapters, arranged in sections dealing occupational medical services, occupationally related disorders, evaluating a hazard and work environments, and environmental medicine. Attention is paid to the various roles workers in occupational medicine can play, the variety of clinical and methodological tools at their disposal, and a number of important industrial settings. The CD-ROM contains the Niosh Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards and other databases. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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