Monitoring the Worker for Exposure and Disease: Scientific, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in the Use of Biomarkers

by Nicholas A. Ashford, Charles C. Caldart, Christine J. Spadafor, et al.

Book Overview

Human monitoring as a supplement to or replacement for environmental monitoring of toxic substances in the workplace has become an increasingly important issue within the last decade, leading to Congressional hearings, governmental studies, and scientific conferences around the world. Just as the purposes for undertaking human monitoring are diverse and sometimes conflicting, so too are the concerns--medical, legal, and ethical--such testing has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801839890
• ISBN13: 9780801839894
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"