Bisesi and Kohns industrial hygiene evaluation methods

Professionals and students in the field of industrial hygiene need a concise guide that thoroughly covers the practical methods of evaluating health threats in the workplace.

Bisesi and Kohn's Industrial Hygiene Evaluation Methods, Second Edition introduces basic methods for evaluating work and some non-work environments in order to detect and measure physical, chemical and biological agents, as well as hazardous ergonomic factors. The book is divided into relatively short units that provide concise overviews and descriptions of basic concepts. Each unit is followed by practical technical exercises. These exercises foster the understanding of basic industrial hygiene principles and practices for collection, detection, identification, calculation, and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data. Exercises can be conducted in a setting in which agents and other factors are detectable and measurable. Alternatively, the simulated evaluation exercises that are included can be conducted in a classroom or laboratory.

This book is an introductory reference for environmental and occupational health and safety students and practitioners. It is an indispensable tool that illustrates methods fundamental to industrial hygiene practice, and is just as valuable in the professional's office as it is in the classroom.

Unit 1 Evaluation of Hazardous Agents and Factors in Occupational and Nonoccupational Environments	p. 1
Unit 2 Hazardous Environmental Agents and Factors	p. 1
Unit 3 Sampling and Analytical Instruments Used to Evaluate the Occupational Environment: Generic Descriptions and Some Related Aspects of Calibration	p. 1
Unit 4 Evaluation of Airborne Total Particulate: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Polyvinyl Chloride Filter Medium	p. 1
Unit 5 Evaluation of Airborne Respirable Particulate: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Polyvinyl Chloride Filter Medium and Dorr-Oliver Cyclone	p. 1
Unit 6 Evaluation of Airborne Fibers as Asbestos: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Mixed Cellulose Ester Filter Medium	p. 1
Unit 7 Evaluation of Airborne Metal Dusts and Fumes: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with Mixed Cellulose Ester Filter Medium	p. 1
Unit 8 Evaluation of Airborne Particulate: Instantaneous Area Sampling Using a Direct-Reading Aerosol Meter	p. 1
Unit 9 Evaluation of Airborne Organic Gases and Vapors: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Solid Adsorbent Medium	p. 1
Unit 10 Evaluation of Airborne Inorganic and Organic Gases, Vapors, and Mists: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Liquid Absorbent Medium	p. 1
Unit 11 Evaluation of Airborne Combustible and Oxygen Gases: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Combined Combustible and Oxygen Gas Meter	p. 1
Unit 12 Evaluation of Airborne Inorganic and Organic Gases and Vapors: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Piston or Bellows Air Sampling Pump with a Solid Sorbent Detector Tube Medium	p. 1
Unit 13 Evaluation of Airborne Toxic Gases and Vapors: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using Organic Gas and Vapor Meters	p. 1
Unit 14 Evaluation of Surface and Source Contaminants: Monitoring Using Wipe and Bulk Sample Techniques	p. 1
Unit 15 Evaluation of Airborne Bioaerosols: Integrated Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with an Impactor and Nutrient Agar Medium	p. 1
Unit 16 Evaluation of Airborne Sound Levels: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Sound Level Meter and an Octave Band Analyzer	p. 1
Unit 17 Evaluation of Airborne Sound Levels: Integrated Personal Monitoring Using an Audio Dosimeter	p. 1
Unit 18 Evaluation of Personal Hearing Thresholds: Instantaneous Personal Monitoring Using an Audiometer	p. 1
Unit 19 Evaluation of Heat Stress: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature Assembly and Meter	p. 1
Unit 20 Evaluation of Illumination: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Light Meter	p. 1
Unit 21 Evaluation of Airborne Microwave Radiation: Instantaneous Monitoring Using a Microwave Meter	p. 1
Unit 22 Evaluation of Airborne Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Combined Electric and Magnetic Fields Meter	p. 1
Unit 23 Evaluation of Airborne Ionizing Radiation: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using an Ionizing Radiation Meter	p. 1
Unit 24 Evaluation of Ergonomic Factors: Conducting Anthropometric and Workstation Measurements	p. 1
Unit 25 Evaluation of Air Pressure, Velocity, and Flow Rate: Instantaneous Monitoring of a Ventilation System Using a Pitot Tube with Manometer and a Velometer	p. 1
Unit 26 Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment: Selection, Maintenance, and Fit of Dermal and Respiratory Protective Devices	p. 1
Unit 27 Evaluation of Personal Pulmonary Function: Instantaneous Monitoring Using an Integrated Electronic Spirometer	p. 1
Appendix A Industrial Hygiene Sampling Strategies, Calculations of Time-Weighted Averages, and Statistical Analysis	p. 1
Appendix B Example: Outlined Format of an Industrial Hygiene Evaluation Report	p. 1
Appendix C Answers to Case Studies For Units 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 and Problem Sets in Appendix A	p. 1
Bibliography and Recommended References	p. 1
Index	p. 1

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