RT Book, Section
A1 Herrick, Robert F.
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1141971109
T1 Industrial Hygiene
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071441988
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141971109
RD 2024/04/18
AB Within  the  scope  of  public  health  practice,  industrial  hygiene  is  the  health  profession  devoted  to  the  recognition,  evaluation,  and  control  of  hazards  in  the  working  environment.  These  include  chemical  hazards,  physical  hazards,  biological  hazards,  and  ergonomic  factors  that  cause  or  contribute  to  injury,  disease,  impaired  function,  or  discomfort.  Throughout  the  world,  the  profession  that  addresses  these  hazards  is  known  as  occupational  hygiene;  however,  the  United  States  has  not  yet  adopted  this  newer,  more  accurate  term.  In  this  chapter,  the  term  industrial  hygiene  is  used  as  the  equivalent  of  occupational  hygiene.