Environmental Health Criterial Series No. 203: Chrysotile Asbestos
Summary of physical and chemical properties, sources an levels of occupational and environmental exposure, and the result of asbestos inhilation to workers. Link to full text version is available (eng...
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Asbestos Industry, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Workplace, 16359, 16360, Chemical Industry, Toxicology, Occupational Disease, Occupational risk, Chemical Compound, Inhalant Exposure, Respiratory distress, Occupational toxicology
Screening and surveillance of workers exposed to mineral dust
Provides definitions of screening and surveillance and describes the main elements of such programs, describes the practical aspects of screening and surveilance programmes to working populations expo...
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Mining, Asbestos, Chemical Industry, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Workplace, 16359, 16360, 32400, Pneumoconiosis, Silicates, Occupational Diseases, Toxicology, Coal Mining Industry, ustrydustrydustry, Inhalant Exposure, Occupational risk, Occupational toxicology
Hazard Prevention and Control in the Work Environment: Airborne Dust
The different chapters of this document present: definitions illustrations of occupational exposure; principles for the recognition and evaluation; preventive principles and strategies; specific measu...
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The Asbestos Institute
The homepage for the Asbestos Institute provides information on asbestos, in your home, buidlings, as well as links to newsletters, publications, scientific reviews and a Safe Use manual.
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Asbestos Industry, Asbestos, Occupational Exposure, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Respiratory Hypersensitivity, Respiratory Insufficiency, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory, Airway Obstruction, Lung Diseases, Obstructive, Airway Resistance, Occupational Health, Workplace, 16359, 16360, Toxicology, Inhalant Exposure, Occupational risk, Occupational toxicology
Guidelines for Working With Asbestos
This site is intended to provide general information to employers, workers, consultants, contractors and others concerned with the use, storage, handling, reduction and disposal of asbestos.
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Asbestos Industry, Asbestos, Occupational Exposure, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Respiratory Hypersensitivity, Respiratory Insufficiency, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory, Lung Diseases, Obstructive, Airway Resistance, Occupational Health, Workplace, 16359, 16360, Toxicology, Inhalant Exposure, uctionuctionuction, Occupational risk, Occupational toxicology
Preventing Asthma and Death from Diisocyanate Exposure
Provides information about preventing adverse health effects from exposure to diisocyanates. Informations is directed to workers and employers, small businesses, physicians, and other health care prov...
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Asthma, Occupational Exposure, Chemical Industry, Coal Mining, Occupational Health, Workplace, 16359, Inhalation Exposure, Dermatitis, Contact, Isocyanates, Toxicology, riskl riskl risk, Diisocyanate, Occupational toxicology
Asbestos Disease in Brazil and the Building of Counter-Powers: A study of Health, Work and Gender
This research reveals the problems associated with the risks to workers and to the population of Brazil who are exposed to asbestos. Document in PDF, requiring Adobe Acrobat.
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Drug and Alcohol Abuse - an important workplace issue
Provides an overview of the rising issue of substance abuse in the American workplace. Highlights and summarizes research findings.
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Alcoholism, Workplace, Occupational Health, Toxicology, Substance related disorders, Occupational toxicology
SafeWork: Model Prevention programmes
It provides an introduction to the ILO's model prevention programmes for drug and alcohol in the workplace. Provides links to model prevention programmes of India, Malaysia and Solvenia, and the ILO C...
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Haz-Map
A Relational Database of Hazardous Chemicals (industrial hygiene) and Occupational Diseases (epidemiology).Haz-Map is an occupational toxicology database designed for physicians, physician assistants,...
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