Occupational Industrial Medicine category: 108 books
Powered Upper Limb Prostheses
Control, Implementation and Clinical Application
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Powered Upper Limb Prostheses deals with the concept, implementation and clinical application of utilizing inherent electrical signals within normally innervated residual muscles under voluntary control of an upper limb amputee. This amplifies these signals by battery-powered electrical means to make...
Environmental Radiation Effects on Mammals
A Dynamical Modeling Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Dr. Smirnova's updated text is devoted to the theoretical studies of radiation effects on mammals. It summarizes 35 years of results the author obtained from analyzing dose rate equivalents for the Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) and for Solar Particles Events (SPE). This edition also includes two new...
Wireless Phones and Health II
State of the Science
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
From the time questions about the impact of wireless technology on public health were first raised in 1993 through the present, Wireless Technology Research, LLC (WTR) has been the largest independent surveillance and research program trying to identify and solve human health problems associated with...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
This is the first book on the market or within academia dedicated solely to moral distress among health professionals. It aims to bring conceptual clarity about moral distress and distinguish it from related concepts. Explicit attention is given to the voices and experiences of health care professionals...
Health and Safety Communication
A Practical Guide Forward
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Health and Safety Communication: A Practical Guide Forward is an easy introduction to the principles and practice of health and safety communications, providing all you need to know to design and implement communications efforts on a wide range of health and safety topics and issues. Whether you're...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This fifth issue in the Industry and Health Care series takes a quick turn through unpredictable and only partially charted waters. The series as a whole has set out to explore the role of industry as a potential agent of change in the health care system, and to map the courses that may lead toward...
by Willis B. Goldbeck
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
It is a pleasure to introduce this special volume of the Industry and Health Care Series. It is special for the best of reasons: it is primarily written by industry representatives. Using the Washing ton Business Group on Health 1978 Annual Meeting as its starting point, this volume captures the...
Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare
Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
This book discusses the latest advances in human factors and ergonomics, focusing on methods for improving quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness in patient care. By emphasizing the physical, cognitive and organizational aspects of human factors and ergonomics applications, it reports on...
by Martin Soloway
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Carbidopa/Levodopa, Carbidopa/Levodopa ER, Amantadine, Stalevo, Tasmar, Pramipexole, Pergolide, Selegine, Benztriptiline, Trihexyphenidyl, Melatonin, Zemplar, Zoloft, Lipitor, Seroquel, Insulin, Glyburide, Metformin,Oxybutynin, Myrbetriq, Renvela,Macrobid, Furosemide, Lexapro, Prolea Martin Soloway...
Environmental Policy and Public Health
Air Pollution, Global Climate Change, and Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2011
This textbook provides an overview of the major environmental policy issues, past and present, and explains the interplay among law, science, and advocacy as related to environmental policymaking in the United States and abroad.
Environmental Policy and Public Health examines the main sources...
Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors
Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
This book reports on the state of the art in physical ergonomics and is concerned with the design of products, process, services, and work systems to assure their productive, safe, and satisfying use by people. With focus on the human body's responses to physical and physiological work demands, repetitive...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Address to the Conference on Employee Mental Wellness by Walter B. Wriston, Chairman, Citicorp The mental well-being of employees is a subject of fundamental importance to each of us, our companies, our professions, and the nation. Both the Washington Business Group on Health and Boston University's...
by K.E. Andersen, C. Benezra, D. Burrows
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In recent years the field of contact dermatitis has increased greatly in importance in dermatology. The variety of exogenous, environmental ly caused dermatoses has undoubtedly expanded over the past few de cades with the increasing number of potentially toxic chemicals, the changes in lifestyle,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) as a harmful influence on the health of nonsmokers has been a controversial topic since the early 1980s. The International Conference on Indoor Air Quality held in Tokyo examined in great detail the relationship between passive smoking and lung cancer as revealed...