Occupational and Environmental Medicine Review (Pearls of Wisdom)

OVERVIEW

Why waste time guessing at what you need to know for the occupational and environmental medicine board exam? Maximize your exam preparation time with this quick-hit question and answer review. The unique question and single-answer format eliminates the guesswork associated with traditional multiple-choice Q&A reviews and reinforces only the correct answers you'll need to know on exam day. Emphasis is placed on distilling key facts and clinical pearls essential for exam success. This high-yield review for the boards is the perfect compliment to larger texts for intense, streamlined review in the days and weeks before your exam.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Michael I. Greenberg, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Professor of Public Health at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is also a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASPECTS FOR THE OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN
OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY
LEAD
MERCURY
CADIUM
SOLVENTS
CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS
WORKPLACE DRUG TESTING
ERGONOMICS
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
NOISE
VIBRATION
OCCUPATIONAL RELATED CANCER
OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
STATISTICS
SILICOSIS
TRAUMATIC EMERGENCIES
MUSCULOSKELETAL
IONIZING RADIATION
OCCUPATIONAL RELATED INFECTIOUS DISEASES
WORKERS COMPENSATION
OCCUPATIONAL RELATED HEMATOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
OCCUPATIONAL RELATED HEPATIC PROBLEMS
OCCUPATIONAL RELATED RENAL PROBLEMS
REGULATORY ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS
ALTITUDE-RELATED ILLNESS
UNDERSEA MEDICINE
BITES AND STINGS
COLD-RELATED MEDICAL PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS
WATER POLLUTION
OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
MASS-CASUALTY WEAPONS I: GENERAL, TOXINS AND RADIATION
MASS-CASUALTY WEAPONS II: BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
MASS-CASUALTY WEAPONS III: CHEMICAL AGENTS
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