Table of Contents

Volume I: the body - blood, cancer, cardiovascular system, digestive system, mental health, musculoskeletal system, nervous system, renal-urinary system, reproductive system, respiratory system, sensory systems, skin diseases, systemic conditions; health care - first aid and emergency services, health protection and promotion, occupational health services; management and policy - disability and work, education and training, ethical issues, development technology and trade, labour relations and human resources management, resources information and OSH, resources institutional structural and legal, work and workers, workers compensation systems, workers compensation systems topics in; tools and approaches - biological monitoring, epidemiology and statistics, ergonomics, occupational hygiene, personal protection, record systems and surveillance, toxicology. Volume II: psychosocial and organizational factors - psychosocial and organizational factors, organizations and health and safety; general hazards - barometric pressure increased, barometric pressure decreased, biological hazards, disasters natural and technological, electricity, fire, heat and cold, hours of work, indoor air quality, indoor environmental control, lighting, noise, radiation ionizing, radiation non-ionizing, vibration, violence, visual display units; the environment - environmental health hazards, environmental policy, environmental pollution control; accidents and safety management - accident prevention, audits inspections and investigations, safety applications, safety policy and leadership, safety programmes. Volume III: chemicals - using storing and transporting chemicals, minerals and agricultural chemicals, metals chemical properties and toxicity; industries based on biological resources - agriculture an dnatural resource based industries, beverage industry, fishing, food industry, forestry, hunting, livestock rearing, lumber, paper and pulp industry; industries based on natural resources - iron and steel, mining and quarrying, oil exploration and drilling, power generation and distribution; chemical industries - chemical processing, oil and natural gas, pharmaceutical industry, rubber industry; manufacturing industries - electrical appliances and equipment, metal processing and metal working industry, microelectronics and semiconductors, glass pottery and related materials, printing photography and reproduction industry, woodworking; textiles and apparel industries - clothing and finished textile products, leather fur and footwear, textile goods industry; transport industries - aeropspace manufacture and maintenance, motor vehicles and heavy equipment, ship and boat building and repair; construction - construction; services and trade. (Part contents).

About the Author

Jeanne Mager Stellman is Special Lecturer and Professor Emerita of Clinical Health Policy and Management at Columbia University.

Reviews

This CD-ROM reproduces a standard UN print resource intended to cover the spectrum of health and safety issues in the workplace. The range of topics covered by the more than 1000 articles is phenomenal, ranging from general workplace issues, such as noise, heat, violence, accident prevention, ergonomics, and the use of visual display units, to more specific entries on the issue of Karoshi (the Japanese term for death from overwork), occupational carcinogens, right to know, air quality monitoring, and stigmata. Industry specific information is also plentiful, and the scope is impressive. Workers in the chemical, manufacturing, and transport industries are well covered but so are dancers, photographers, actors, and those in the sex industry. There is a complete index to the disc, as well as a directory of authors and all chemicals mentioned. Bottom Line: A wonderful reference source that all libraries should have in some format. The third edition was published in 1983, so this update is long overdue. Highly recommended for all public and university libraries.