1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459078503321

Titolo

Occupational and environmental health [[electronic resource] ] : recognizing and preventing disease and injury / / edited by Barry S. Levy ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-94505-X

9786612945052

0-19-975006-8

Edizione

[6th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (883 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LevyBarry S

Disciplina

616.9/803

Soggetti

Medicine, Industrial

Public health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Frequently Used Abbreviations; I. WORK, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH; II. HAZARDOUS EXPOSURES; III. ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; IV. RECOGNITION, ASSESSMENT, AND PREVENTION; V. AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO PREVENTION; Appendix: Selected Non-governmental Organizations; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Occupational and environmental health is the public health and multidisciplinary approach to the recognition, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of disease, injuries, and other adverse health conditions resulting from hazardous environmental exposures in the workplace, the home, or the community. These are essential elements of public health practice and a core of the curriculum in the schools of public health. Thoroughly updated and expanded upon, the sixth edition of Occupational and Environmental Health provides comprehensive coverage and a clear understanding of occupational and



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996386706003316

Autore

Savery Thomas <1650?-1715>

Titolo

Navigation improv'd: or, The art of rowing ships of all rates, in calms, with a more easy, swift, and steady motion, than oars can [[electronic resource] ] : Also, a description of the engine that performs it; and the author's answer to all Mr. Dummer's objections that have been made against it .. / By Tho. Savery, gent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed and sold by James Moxon, at the Atlas in Warwick-lane, 1698

Descrizione fisica

[6], 22, [2] p. : ill., fold. diagr

Soggetti

Ship propulsion

Navigation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title within double-line border.

Folded diagram between pages 4 and 5.

Advertisement: [2] p. at end.

Reproduction of the original in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0189



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782597503321

Autore

Edinger Jack D

Titolo

Overcoming insomnia [[electronic resource] ] : a cognitive-behavioral therapy approach : workbook / / Jack D. Edinger, Colleen E. Carney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-024217-5

1-281-86836-1

9786611868369

0-19-971081-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (79 p.)

Collana

Treatments that work

Altri autori (Persone)

CarneyColleen

Disciplina

616.8

616.8/498

616.8498

Soggetti

Insomnia - Treatment

Cognitive therapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chapter 1 Is This Book Right for Me?; Chapter 2 Sleep Education; Chapter 3 Improving Your Sleep; Chapter 4 Combating Unhelpful Thoughts; Chapter 5 Troubleshooting; Appendix: Forms and Worksheets

Sommario/riassunto

It is estimated that one in ten U.S. adults suffers from chronic insomnia. If left untreated, chronic insomnia reduces quality of life and increases risk for psychiatric and medical disease, especially depression and anxiety. There are two forms of insomnia: secondary insomnia, in which it is comorbid with another condition such as psychiatric disorders, chronic pain conditions, or cardiopulmonary disorders, and primary insomnia, which does not coexist with any other disorder, Though insomnia may be caused by any number of things, it is primarily sustained by the development of poor sleep habi