TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Industrial (Occupational) Hygiene
A1  - Rice, Peter B.
A2  - LaDou, Joseph
A2  - Harrison, Robert J.
PY  - 2013
T2  - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment:  Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 5e
AB  - Industrial  hygiene  is  the  science  of  anticipating,  recognizing,  evaluating,  and  controlling  workplace  conditions  that  may  cause  workers'  injury  or  illness.  Industrial  hygienists  use  environmental  monitoring  and  analytical  methods  to  detect  the  extent  of  worker  exposure  and  employ  engineering,  work  practice  controls,  and  other  methods  to  control  potential  health  hazards.  The  anticipation  and  recognition  of  health  hazards  have  primacy  because  they  must  take  place  before  proper  evaluation  or  control  (if  needed)  can  take  place.  On  anticipation  or  recognition  of  a  health  hazard,  the  industrial  hygienist  should  be  able  to  identify  measures  necessary  for  proper  evaluation.  On  completion  of  the  evaluation,  the  industrial  hygienist  then  is  in  a  position  (in  consultation  with  other  members  of  the  occupational  health  and  safety  team)  to  recommend  and  implement  controls  needed  to  reduce  risks  to  within  tolerable  limits.  Hazards  arising  from  the  workplace  include  the  potential  harm  that  may  arise  in  the  community  by  poorly  controlled  emissions  and  such  issues  as  familial  exposures  from  harmful  debris  taken  home  on  workers'  clothing.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1104107719
ER  -