TY - CHAP AU - Mohamed Mokdad AU - Tawfik Abdel-Moniem ED - Orhan Korhan Y1 - 2017-02-01 PY - 2017 T1 - New Paradigms in Ergonomics: The Positive Ergonomics N2 - Occupational Health deals with all aspects of health and safety in the workplace and has a strong focus on primary prevention of hazards. A wide array of workplace hazards presents risks to the health and safety of people at work, which include physical factors, adverse ergonomic conditions, chemicals, biological agents, allergens, and a complex network of safety risks. This book covers topics from health and safety management, occupational medicine, work-related musculoskeletal disorders, and occupational protection. Thus, it can be utilized as a guide to identify and analyze hazards, assess risk, apply risk reduction strategies, and manage process safety for various occupations. BT - Occupational Health SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/66393 DO - 10.5772/66393 SN - 978-953-51-2890-8 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -