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020 _a9780190662677
050 _aRA 566
_bLEV 2018
245 0 0 _aOccupational and environmental health /
_cBarry S .Levy,David H. Wegman ,Sherry L.Baron and Rosemary K.Sokas
250 _aSeventh edition
264 1 _aNew York :
_bOxford,
_c2018
300 _a752 pages
_billustrations
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aincludes bibliographical references
520 _a"Occupational health is a multidisciplinary field that deals with the safety, health and welfare of people at work. Fostering a safe and healthy work environment is the primary goal of this domain. It also aims to protect co-workers, family members, employers, etc., who have chances of getting affected by the workplace environment. Occupational health has a strong focus on primary prevention of physical, biological and psychosocial hazards. Environmental health is the domain of public health that deals with all types of the natural and built environment that affect the human health. Environmental epidemiology, toxicology, exposure science, environmental engineering and environmental law are the five basic sub-sets that contribute to the branch of environmental health. The objective of this book is to give a general view of the different areas of these fields and its applications. It explores all the important aspects of occupational and environmental health in the present day scenario. This book with its extensive content provides the readers with a thorough understanding of the subject"--
650 _aSafety
650 _aEnvironmental health
700 1 _aLevy, Barry S
_eeditor.
700 1 _aWegman ,David H
_eeditor
700 1 _aBaron ,Sherry L
_eeditor
700 1 _aSokas, Rosemary K
_eeditor
942 _2lcc
_cBK
_eseventh edition
_h566
_iLEV
_kRA
999 _c12057
_d12057