Sue Reed is a Fellow member of the AIOH (FAIOH) and a Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH)®, a retired CIH and a past President of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists. Sue has a PhD, a Master of Science (Occupational Hygiene), a Master of Engineering Science and Bachelor of Science (Textile Engineering). Sue has over 45 years' experience in occupational hygiene as a consultant, in government roles, and 35 years as an academic. She is a Honorary Associate Professor at Edith Cowan University, Perth, and a director of a small occupational-hygiene consultancy. Sue has published over 50 scientific papers and technical reports on a range of topics including chemical exposure assessment and control, noise, indoor air quality and OHS education.

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Editor biography

Author biographies

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and definitions

1. The hazardous work environment: the hygiene challenge
Charles Steer, Melanie Windust and Kate Cole, OAM

2.Occupational health, basic toxicology and epidemiology
Martyn Cross and Geza Benke

[...] concept of the exposure standard
Robert Golec and Ian Firth

4.Occupational Hygiene Statistics
Peter Knott and David Lowry

5.Control of workplace health hazards
Kerrie Burton and Kelly Johnstone

6.Industrial ventilation
Elaine Lindars and Anthony Bamford

7. Personal protective equipment
Mark Reggers and Terry Gorman

8.Aerosols
Linda Apthorpe and Jennifer Hines

9.Metals in the workplace
Ian Firth and Ron Capil

[...] and vapours
Aleks Todorovic and Michael Logan

11.Biological monitoring of chemical exposure
Greg O'Donnell and Martin Mazereeuw

12.Indoor air quality
Michael Shepherd and Claire Bird

13.Biological hazards
Margaret Davidson, Ryan Kift, Ken Martinez, and Joshua Schaffer

[...] and vibration
Beno Groothoff and Jane Whitelaw

15.Radiation-ionising and non-ionising
Geza Benke and Martin Ralph

[...] thermal environment
Ross Di Corleto and Jodie Britton

17.Lighting
SoYoung Lee, Dino Pisaniello and Bruno Piccoli

18.Occupational hygiene tools and sources
Sue Reed, Linda Apthorpe, Adelle Liebenberg and Ian Firth

Index