Proctor and Hughes' Chemical Hazards of the Workplace, 5th Edition - Hardcover

Hathaway, Gloria J.; Proctor, Nick H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471268836 ISBN 13: 9780471268833

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, 2014

Synopsis

The indispensable resource for health professionals on potentially unsafe chemicals--now fully updated
Proctor and Hughes' Chemical Hazards of the Workplace, Fifth Edition provides a comprehensive reference text for health professionals who need toxicology data on chemicals that may be encountered in various work settings. Building on the success of the Fourth Edition-already a standard text-this new edition updates and revises the more than 600 entries of that text, and also adds monographs on new compounds.
Introductory chapters cover toxicological concepts, clinical manifestations of exposure, the diagnosis of occupational disease, and industrial hygiene aspects of chemical exposures. The rest of the text consists of more than 625 alphabetically arranged entries on individual compounds, each of which includes:
* Chemical formula
* CAS number
* 2003 ACGIH (American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists) threshold limit value
* Synonyms
* Physical properties
* Sources of exposure
* Routes of exposure
* Toxicological data
The toxicological data includes both acute and chronic effects, especially as related to any known exposure levels. The data emphasizes human studies and cases over animal data whenever sufficient information is available, and addresses any known carcinogenic, mutagenic, fetotoxic, or other reproductive effects. Clinical information is presented in a succinct narrative form to aid in understanding.
Easy to use, in-depth, and comprehensive, Proctor and Hughes' Chemical Hazards of the Workplace, Fifth Edition offers occupational health physicians, nurses, industrial hygienists, and other safety professionals an invaluable and up-to-date resource.

About this title

About the Author:

GLORIA J. HATHAWAY, PhD, is a consultant in environmental toxicology and a former contributor to ASTDR Case Studies in Environmental Medicine.

NICK H. PROCTOR, PhD, is Director of Product Safety at a major consumer products company and a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology.

Review:

“ ... (this book) is a bit of a rare beast in that it is actually an easy-to-read reference book written in a narrative form.”  (Health & Safety at Work, July 2005)

"A good medical, university or special library serving safety professionals or students of these fields will want to have all of these reference works available for their patrons, and that includes the Proctor and Hughes." (E-STREAMS, January 2005)

"...users of this reference may rely on this book to be the 'health' tile in a comprehensive chemical health and safety mosaic." (Facilities Manager, February 2005)

"This book provides clinical information emphasizing human studies and cases rather than animal data whenever possible." (Industrial Hygiene News, January 2005)

“...a substantial and well-organized text...” (Journal of Applied Toxicology, Vol24.No.6, November/ December 2004)

“...(a) detailed book...explained in terms that are easily understood”. (Health & Safety Review, Vol.9, No.8, October 2004)

"...an excellent and easy-to-use reference.” (Chemical Health & Safety, September-October 2004)

"Health professionals should be pleased to have this updated volume available." (Vet Human Toxicology, 46 (4) August 2004)

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0471268836
• ISBN 13: 9780471268833
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 800