1. Worker and Public Health and Safety. Current Views.
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Lal, Sara, Lal, Sara, Penzel, Thomas, and Simpson, Ann
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Humanities ,Social interaction ,Bayesian Network ,Ethiopia ,Korea ,Korean workers ,MBI ,Mexico ,Poisson regression ,Poland ,REBA ,RULA ,Tanzania ,Total Worker Health® ,aberrant driving behaviour ,accident involvement ,aerobic fitness ,agriculture ,anger ,anxiety ,asbestos ,audiometry ,auditory danger signal ,back-up alarm ,behavioral modification ,behaviors ,body armor ,body drag ,burnout ,business ,cardiovascular workload ,care workers' intention to leave ,chase ,chemical risks ,child ,chronic pain ,city ,coffee workers ,complications ,construct validity ,coping strategies ,correction workers ,cost ,data envelopment analysis ,defence ,demographic factors ,depression ,directivity of hearing ,domestic ,driver behaviour questionnaire ,dust exposure ,earmuffs ,earplugs ,eating alone ,eating behaviors ,efficiency ,electrocardiography ,electromyography (EMG) ,emotional exhaustion ,emotional labor ,employee' well-being ,environmental ,ergonomics ,executives ,exhaustion ,experience ,exposed ,failure mode and effects analysis ,fence climb ,follow-up ,foot pursuit ,forestry ,global health ,gynecology ,health ,health and safety ,health care workers ,health impact survey ,health inequalities ,health promotion ,health workers ,healthcare ,hearing threshold ,hospitals ,household ,human resources ,impaired well-being ,impulse noise ,incapacity for work ,industry ,injury ,injury rate ,injury risk ,intervention study ,iron and steel ,job characterization ,job qualifications ,job strain ,job-specific ,kinematics ,knowledge ,labor market performance ,law enforcement ,law enforcement officer ,legislation ,level-dependent hearing protectors ,load carriage ,lung function ,manual cultivation ,manual materials handling ,meal skipping ,medical failure ,mental health ,mental illness ,meta-analysis ,metabolic syndrome ,military ,moderated mediation model ,motor control ,multidisciplinary rehabilitation ,musculoskeletal complaints ,needlestick injuries ,neighbor ,noise-induced hearing loss ,non-standard work ,nontuberculous mycobacteria ,novel data-driven approach ,nurses ,nursing ,nursing care ,nursing homes for the elderly ,obesity ,obstacle course ,obstetrics ,occupation ,occupational ,occupational disease ,occupational exposure ,occupational health ,occupational health and safety ,occupational risk management ,occupational safety ,occupational safety and health ,offshore wind industry ,oil and gas ,olive orchards ,oral health ,organisational climate ,overexertion ,parents ,part-time ,personal accomplishment ,pesticides ,physical activity ,physiology ,pneumoconiosis ,police ,population studies ,postural risk assessment ,prevalence ,psychological distance ,psychosocial adaptation ,psychosocial and behavioral factors ,psychosocial factors ,psychosocial hazard ,psychosocial work environment ,public administration ,public health ,public health policy ,public response ,public workers ,qualitative analysis ,questionnaire ,rate ratio ,reconciliation of offshore work and family life/partnership ,record linkage data ,record-linkage data ,refractive disorders ,rehabilitation ,reserves ,respiratory symptoms ,response gap ,return-to-work ,risk assessment ,risk factors ,risk of musculoskeletal disorders ,road sign comprehension ,role stress ,roof ,safety at work ,safety behavior ,satisfaction with care ,self-efficacy regarding safety ,sex ,sharp injury ,shift ,sick leave ,sickness absence ,slate ,sleep ,slope angle ,social class ,social factors ,socioeconomic position ,socioeconomic status ,sound localization ,spinal trauma ,stress ,stress management ,tactical ,taxi drivers ,technology ,temporary worker ,transformational leadership ,underreporting ,university ,unmet needs ,unplanned readmissions ,video display terminal ,visual fatigue ,vocational rehabilitation ,waist circumference ,warning sign ,warning signal ,wood-chipper ,work errors forestry ,work intensity ,work performance ,work safety ,work-related cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases ,work-related injuries ,working age ,workload ,workplace injuries ,workplace violence ,young adults - Abstract
Summary: This book on "Worker and Public Health and Safety: Current Views" brings together current scholarly work and opinions in the form of original papers and reviews related to this field of study. It provides important and recent scientific reading as well as topical medical and occupational information and research in areas of immediate relevance, such as chronic and occupational diseases, worker safety and performance, job strain, workload, injuries, accident and errors, risks and management, fitness, burnout, psychological and mental disorders including stress, therapy, job satisfaction, musculoskeletal symptoms and pain, socio-economic factors, dust pollution, pesticides, noise, pathogens, and related areas.