Book Description
Volume 1 provides information on occupational disease and injury and on the management and health systems that have been developed to recognize, treat and prevent these problems. The volume also covers the basis tools and approaches used to detect, control and keep track of occupational injury and illness. Volume 2 is devoted to physical, psychosocial, environmental and safety hazards, their nature, their occurrence and their prevention and management. Specific health effects of hazards are briefly described. Volume 3 addresses industries and occupations. Each chapter provides an overview on the nature of the industrial process, its potential hazards and appropriate preventive management. Volume 4 contains guides, indexes, the Directory of Experts and complete lists of contents of the Encyclopedia.