The management of occupational hygiene, combining elements of physics, biology, chemistry and psychology, confronts organisations with a series of complex issues. This book focuses on controlling exposure of people at work to hazardous agents by applying a basic risk assessment and management framework, and is designed specifically for health and safety professionals.

Contents includes: setting perspectives in occupational health; human physiology; chemical agents; biological agents; noise; vibration; thermal environment; non-ionising radiation; ionising radiation; lighting; agents of physical misfit; agents of psychosocial misfit; and personal protection.