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Occupational Safety and Hygiene: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene, Guimaraes, Portugal, 14 -15 February 2013
Author(s): Pedro Arezes (Editor), João Santos Baptista (Editor), Monica P. Barroso (Editor), Paula Carneiro (Editor), Patrício Cordeiro (Editor), Nelson Costa (Editor), Rui B. Melo (Editor), A. Sergio Miguel (Editor), Gonçalo Perestrelo (Editor)
- Publisher: CRC Press
- Publication Date: 4 April 2013
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 646 pages
- ISBN-10: 1138000477
- ISBN-13: 9781138000476
Book Description
Occupational Safety and Hygiene presents selected papers from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene – SHO2013 (Guimarães, Portugal, 14-15 February 2013), which was organized by the Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO). The contributions from 15 different countries focus on:
– Occupational safety
– Risk assessment
– Safety management
– Ergonomics
– Management systems
– Environmental ergonomics
– Physical environments
– Construction safety
– Human factors
The papers included in the book are mainly based on research carried out at universities and other research institutions, but they are also based on practical studies developed by Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) practitioners within their companies. As a result, this book will be useful to get acquainted with the state-of-the-art of the research within the aforementioned domains, as well as with some practical tools and approaches that are currently used by OHS professionals worldwide.
