Contains 12 chapters on general basic science references, general computerized information services, and sources and literature of specific areas, e.g., ergonomics, industrial ventilation, and industrial hygiene education. Some entries are annotated. Title, subject indexes.

This comprehensive reference source uses techniques and methods from various disciplines applicable to occupational safety and health, it satisfying the need for a standard reference work in this rapidly growing field. The book is divided into nine parts related to all aspects of the field: ergonomics; insurance; occupational safety and health management and information; occupational safety and health training programs, analytical tools; economic factors; and safety and the law. Individual chapters discuss how to deal with the troubled employee, how to conduct an accident investigation, how to ensure and maintain quality in a medical surveillance program, how to use workers compensation data to identify high-risk groups, how to apply simulation modelling and analysis to occupational safety and health, how to survive workplace litigation, and much more.

This publication contains the papers presented at an international conference organized by the IAEA and held in Stockholm in 2001. The papers cover the threat of nuclear terrorism involving nuclear and other radioactive material, and the national and international responses, including physical protection. The conference papers also focus on the illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive materials and on the national and international measures to combat such trafficking.