Occupational Health and Safety: Terms, Definitions, and Abbreviations

By Robert G. Confer and Thomas R. Confer

Industrial hygienists are being called on to provide expertise in more and more different fields. It is often difficult to keep up with the latest technologies in all these fields. This quick reference includes terms found in journals, books, manufacturers' literature, and other sources used daily by industrial hygienists and others. It is filled with nearly 5,000 terms in industrial hygiene, safety, and occupational medicine, plus relevant terms and abbreviations from acoustics, physics, chemistry, and biology. It contains vital information pertaining to bacteriology, environmental health, epidemiology, illumination, mathematics, medicine, microscopy, mineralogy, and other fields. Designed in an easy-to-access format, this handy sourcebook also includes terms and abbreviations used by government to enforce regulations in occupational health and safety. All information is presented in simple, nontechnical language for easy understanding.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566700779
• ISBN13: 9781566700771
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.5" x 6.5"