Industrial Health category: 2135 books
Triumph of the Heart
The Story of Statins
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2009
Over 25 million people in the U.S. alone have benefited from statins--such drugs as Lipitor, Zocor, Crestor, Pravachol, and other cholesterol-lowering medicines--in preventing stroke, heart attack, and other forms of coronary heart disease. But how did these remarkable, life-saving drugs come into...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This book presents the latest work in the area of naturalistic decision making (NDM) and its extension into the area of macrocognition. It contains 18 chapters relating research centered on the study of expertise in naturalistic settings, written by international experts in NDM and cognitive systems...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Loss prevention engineering describes all activities intended to help organizations in any industry to prevent loss, whether it be through injury, fire, explosion, toxic release, natural disaster, terrorism or other security threats. Compared to process safety, which only focusses on preventing loss...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
Emotions and Affect in Human Factors and Human–Computer Interaction is a complete guide for conducting affect-related research and design projects in H/F and HCI domains. Introducing necessary concepts, methods, approaches, and applications, the book highlights how critical emotions and affect are...
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Work Atmospheres
Occurrence and Determination
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
This book deals with the sources, distribution, analytical methods, and monitoring of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the occupational environment. It is hoped that this book will make a contribution to understanding the formation and determination of PAH in work atmosphere and that it will...
The Verbal Communication of Emotions
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2002
This book pulls together new research and theory on the verbal communication of emotions by an international, cross-disciplinary group of recognized experts in affective communication. The book's goal is to provide readers with a comprehensive view of current research and encourage cross-disciplinary...
Top Drugs
Their History, Pharmacology, and Syntheses
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Drugs like Lipitor, Plavix, Taxol, and Zoloft are integral in today's medicinal world. These widely used products save lives and improve the quality of lives, playing a crucial role in everything from cholesterol management to cancer treatment. These advances in medicine were brought into existence...
Chemical Process Safety
Learning from Case Histories
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Chemical Process Safety: Learning from Case Histories, Fourth Edition gives insight into eliminating specific classes of hazards while also providing real case histories with valuable lessons to be learned. This edition also includes practical sections on mechanical integrity, management of change,...
by CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety)
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2019
This book provides a comprehensive treatment of investing chemical processing incidents. It presents on-the-job information, techniques, and examples that support successful investigations. Issues related to identification and classification of incidents (including near misses), notifications and...
Risk Assessment and Management of Repetitive Movements and Exertions of Upper Limbs
Job Analysis, Ocra Risk Indicies, Prevention Strategies and Design Principles
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2002
In industrialised countries, musculo-skeletrical disorders of the upper limbs represent one of the commonest work-related diseases. All working activities habitually requiring repetitive upper limb movements and exertions represent a potential risk for these disorders under certain conditions. This...
by Stuart D. Summerhayes
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
The CDM Regulations require all those involved in construction to adopt an integrated approach to health and safety management. This Procedures Manual provides a documentation system for compliance with the statutory requirements. It is being thoroughly revised to take account of major changes to the CDM Regulations 2015.
Safer Surgery
Analysing Behaviour in the Operating Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Operating theatres are very private workplaces. There have been few research investigations into how highly trained doctors and nurses work together to achieve safe and efficient anaesthesia and surgery. While there have been major advances in surgical and anaesthetic procedures, there are still significant...
Prevention of Accidents at Work
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Prevention of Accidents at Work (WOS 2017), October 3-6, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Prevention of Accidents at Work collects papers presented at the 9th International Conference on the Prevention of Accidents at Work (WOS 2017) held in Prague, Czech Republic, on October 3-6, 2017, organized by the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava. The conference on current issues within occupational...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2010
Toxic fire effluents are responsible for the majority of fire deaths, and an increasing large majority of fire injuries, driven by the widespread and increasing use of synthetic polymers. Fire safety has focused on preventing ignition and reducing flame spread through reducing the rate of heat release,...