"Occupational Health" ed. by Orhan Korhan

This book covers topics from health and safety management, occupational medicine, work-related musculoskeletal disorders, and occupational protection. The book can be utilized as a guide to identify and analyze hazards, assess risk, apply risk reduction strategies, and manage process safety for various occupations.

Occupational Health deals with all aspects of health and safety in the workplace and has a strong focus on primary prevention of hazards. A wide array of workplace hazards presents risks to the health and safety of people at work, which include physical factors, adverse ergonomic conditions, chemicals, biological agents, allergens, and a complex network of safety risks.

Contents
Preface
1 New Paradigms in Ergonomics: The Positive Ergonomics
2 Understanding the Stakeholders as a Success Factor for Effective Occupational Health Care
3 Occupational Risks of Health Professionals
4 HSE Management for a Sound Work Environment: Strategies for Improving Health Safety and Environmental Indicators through Ergonomic Design Thinking
5 Health‐Promoting Leadership Culture and its Role in Workplace Health Promotion
6 Is Insulin Resistance Work Related?
7 Epidemiology of Needlestick and Sharps Injuries in Veterinary Medicine
8 Gene-Environment Interactions: The Case of Asbestosis
9 Ibuprofen as a Treatment for Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Effectiveness versus Caveats
10 Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Relationship to Ethnicity
11 Working in Cold Environment: Clothing and Thermophysiological Comfort
12 Step-By-Step Procedure and Tools to Reduce Work-Related Stress