This clinically focused text is written for all health care professionals who diagnose and treat patients with occupational injuries and illnesses. Its broad coverage and emphasis on basic concepts also make it an ideal text for students and residents. Major topics include occupational health; occupational injuries; occupational illnesses; occupational exposures; program management; and environmental health. A convenient primer of biostatistics and epidemiology appears in the appendix. Features *Thoroughly updated coverage of all common and important occupational and environmental diseases *Difficult topics made simple, such as surveillance of occupational and environmental diseases and health risk assessment *Disability prevention – what the occupational physician needs to know *More help on injury and illness prevention *Advanced presentation of workplace ergonomics *Practical tables and instructive illustrations *Up-to-date references, with PMID numbers to facilitate Web-based literature searchers, and Web resources