Occupational health and safety
Subtitle: international influences and the "new" epidemics
By: edited by Chris L. Peterson and Claire Mayhew.
Contributors: Peterson, Chris L., 1949-; Mayhew, Claire.
Series: Policy, politics, health, and medicine series
Publisher: Baywood Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Amityville, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Occupational diseases -- Epidemiology.; Communicable diseases -- Social aspects.; Epidemics -- Social aspects.; Epidemics -- Political aspects.; Occupational health services -- Organization & administration.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to occupational health and safety: international influences and the "new" epidemics / Chris L. Peterson and Claire Mayhew; title: International developments and their influence on occupational health and safety in advanced market economies / David Walters; title: Occupational violence: the emerging OHS epidemic of the 21st century / Claire Mayhew; title: The hidden epidemic of injuries and illness associated with the global expansion of precarious employment / Michael Quinlan; title: Long-latency disease: the long-lasting epidemics / James Leigh; title: Work-related injuries among adolescent and child workers: the non-reported OHS epidemic / Claire Mayhew; title: The epidemic of stress / Chris L. Peterson; title: Pain associated with prolonged constrained standing: the invisible epidemic / Karen Messing ... [et al.]; title: The discourse of abuse in return-to-work: a hidden epidemic of suffering / Joan M. Eakin; title: Occupational health and safety, and occupation rehabilitation: the nature of the prevention-rehabilitation continuum / Gregory C. Murphy; title: Before the epidemic strikes: identifying warning signs of an emerging epidemic and conducting baseline empirical studies in industry / Claire Mayhew; title: Conclusion: models of epidemics / Chris L. Peterson.