REFERENCE MATERIALS

MODULE 3 READINGS

You will find references to readings within the relevant modules on the CD. The reading is part of the examinable syllabus. Exam questions will test application, however, and not memorised detail.

South African legislation  (see the various Sections for links to the web at www.acts.co.za or follow links on in the contents menu to relevant legislation) where appropriate          


The ILO Bookshelf - including the Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety (4th edition). These are now also available free on the web at http://www.ilo.org/safework_bookshelf/english

Chapter 2: Cancer

Chapter 7: Nervous system

Joseph LaDou. LaDou J. Current Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition. Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2004

Chapter 14: Fitness to work, disability and compensation

Chapter 15: Occupational haematology

Chapter 22: Liver toxicology

Chapters 25 and 26: Female and male reproductive toxicology

 

Guild R, Ehrlich RI, Johnston JR, Ross MH, eds. Handbook of Occupational Health Practice in the South African Mining Industry, 1st edition, Johannesburg, South Africa, SIMRAC, 2001

Ch. 9: Chemical hazards

Other readings referred to in modules:

 

Lead Regulations 2001 – see legislation section

Ehrlich & Myers (editorial). Control of occupational exposure to lead. S. Afr. Med. J

 1991; 80: 260-261

Ehrlich et al.  Lead absorption and renal dysfunction in a South African battery factory. Occup Environ  Med 1998;55:453-460. Ehrlich R.  Occupational medical surveillance.  S Afr J CME 1996;14(9):1301-1309.

Govender M, Ehrlich RI, Mohammed A.  (article) Notification of occupational diseases by general practitioners in the Western Cape. S Afr Med J. 2000;90(10):1012-4

Industrial Health Research Group. Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act. (Manual).

Levin et al.  Clinical Evaluation and management of lead exposed construction workers. Am J Ind Med 2000; 37:23-4 Rees & Cantrell. No need for milk in the prevention of occupational illness. Occup Health Southern Afr 1995; 1(4): 25.

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