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This ABC covers all the major areas of occupational and environmentalA
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medicine that the non-specialist will want to know about. It updates the                                                                                                                                                                                                                       OF
material in ABC of Work Related Disorders and most of the chapters have
been rewritten and expanded. New information is provided on a range of
environmental issues, yet the book maintains its practical approach, giving
guidance on the diagnosis and day to day management of the mainOCCUPATIONAL AND
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occupational disorders.
Contents include
• Hazards of work
• Occupational health practice and investigating the workplace    ENVIRONMENTAL
                                                                   ENVIRONMENTAL
• Legal aspects and fitness for work
• Musculoskeletal disorders
• Psychological factorsAL MEDICINE
• Human factors                                                                                                                                                        MEDICINE
• Physical agents                                                                                                                                                       MEDICINE
• Infectious and respiratory diseases
• Cancers and skin disease
• Genetics and reproduction
• Global issues and pollution– SECOND EDITION                                                                                                                                                                    SECOND EDITION
• New occupational and environmental diseases
Written by leading specialists in the field, this ABC is a valuable reference
for students of occupational and environmental medicine, general
practitioners, and others who want to know more about this increasingly
important subject.
Related titles from BMJ Books
ABC of Allergies
ABC of Dermatology
Epidemiology of Work Related Diseases
General medicine
Snashall and Patel
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                                        ABC OF 
                          OCCUPATIONAL AND 
                   ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
                                        Second Edition
                                           Edited by
                                        DAVID SNASHALL
                      Head of Occupational Health Services, Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital NHS Trust, London
                               Chief Medical Adviser, Health and Safety Executive, London
                                          DIPTI PATEL
                          Consultant Occupational Physician, British Broadcasting Corporation, London