Monitoring for Health Hazards at Work has become an essential companion for students and professionals in occupational hygiene, offering a concise account of the dangers faced in a wide variety of work environments and giving practical, step-by-step guidance to gauge exposure. It includes:

• Coverage of most major health hazards: airborne dust, fibres, gases, vapours, noise, radiation, and biological agents
• Accounts of the latest equipment and techniques required to monitor such hazards
• Full guidance on how to undertake risk assessments

Now thoroughly revised and restructured by an eminent new team of authors, the fourth edition brings this valuable handbook right up to date.

Section A: Introduction.

• Identifying hazards.

• Exposure, exposure routes and biological monitoring.

• The exposure context.

• Why measure?.

• How to carry out a survey.

• What do we do with the result?.

• Recording measurements- CEMAS.

Section B: Inhalation exposure.

• Dust and liquid aerosols.

• Fibres.

• Gases and vapours.

• Microbiological hazards.

Section C: Dermal and ingestion exposures.

• Dermal exposure measurement.

• Ingestion exposure measurement.

Section D: Physical agents.

• Noise.

• Vibration.

• Heat and cold.

• Light and other non-ionising radiation.

• Ionising radiation.

Section F: Assessing the effectiveness of control.

• Introduction to control.

• Ventilation.

• Personal protective equipment.

Section G: Risk assessment and risk communication.

• Risk assessment.

• Risk communication