Patty's Industrial Hygiene, Hazard Recognition (eBook)

Barbara Cohrssen is President of Cohrssen Environmental, Inc. and is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and Registered Environmental Assessor. She co-edited the previous edition of both Patty's Toxicology and Patty's Industrial Hygiene. She has over 30 years of experience in occupational and environmental health and safety.

Contributors vii

Preface ix

Useful Equivalents and Conversion Factors xi

Part I Introduction To Industrial Hygiene 1

Occupational and Industrial Hygiene as a Profession: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 3
Barbara J. Dawson, Kyle B. Dotson, Faye Grimsley, Thomas Grumbles, Zack Mansdorf, David Roskelley, Jennifer Sahmel, Noel Tresider, and Candace Tsai

Ethics in Industrial Hygiene 19
Nina Townsend, Garrett Brown, and Mark Katchen

Prevention through Design 31
Georgi Popov, Bruce Lyon, and Tsvetan Popov

Risk Communication 51
David M. Zalk

Health Risk Assessment in the Workplace 67
Chris Laszcz-Davis, Fred W. Boelter, Michael Jayjock, Frank Hearl, Perry Logan, Cristina Ford McLaughlin, Mary V. O'Reilly, R. Thomas Radcliffe Jr., Esquire, and Mark Stenzel

Decision Making in Managing Risk 103
Charles F. Redinger, Fred W. Boelter, Mary V. O'Reilly, John Howard and Glenn J. Barbi

Managing Workplace Demographics 127
John Howard

Mastering Digital Media for Workers, Employers, and Our Community of Practice 139
Max Lum

Part II Chemical Agents 159

The History and Biological Basis of Occupational Exposure Limits for Chemical Agents 161
Dennis J. Paustenbach and William D. Cyrs

The Mode of Absorption, Distribution, and Elimination of Toxic Materials 213
Franklin E. Mirer

Symptomatic Responses to Low-Level Occupational and Environmental Exposures 241
Brian Linde and Carrie A. Redlich

Basic Aerosol Science 255
Parker C. Reist and Yifang Zhu

Pulmonary Effects of Inhaled Mineral Dusts 283
David Fishwick and Chris M. Barber

Engineered Nanomaterials 311
Thomas M. Peters and Peter C. Raynor

Gases and Vapors Affecting the Respiratory System 333
Philip Harber, William S. Beckett, and Marion J. Fedoruk

Dermal Effects of Chemical Exposures 361
Katherine J. Allnutt and Rosemary L. Nixon

Analytical Methods 383
Robert G. Lieckfield Jr.

Index 401