REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR SEMESTER 2
MODULES 3,4 & 5

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 hardcopy) where appropriate

ILO Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety (4th edition).  This is now also available free on the web at    http://www.ilo.org/encyclopaedia/
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.

MODULE 4 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 hardcopy) where appropriate

Joseph LaDou.  LaDou J. Current Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition. Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2004
Chapter 14: Clinical Immunology
Chapter 17: Occupational Infections
Chapter 18: Occupational skin disorders
Chapter 19: Upper respiratory tract disorders
Chapter 20: Occupational lung diseases
Chapter 41: Building-associated illness 
Chapter 43: Multiple chemical sensitivity 

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. 5: Occupational lung disease 
Ch. 13: Occupational Skin Disorders
Ch. 14: Fitness to work, disability and compensation

Other readings referred to in modules:

Asbestos Regulations – see legislation section
Jeebhay MF. Health and safety legislation and worker’s compensation for allergic diseases of occupational aetiology. Current Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 13(3), 4-8, 2000.

Jeebhay M F, Ehrlich R. Occupational asthma in South Africa. In Paul Potter and Steve Lee, eds.  The Allergy Society of South Africa (ALLSA) Handbook of Practical Allergy, 2nd edition. Cape Town, South Africa, Ince Press, 2001;142-159. (http://www.allergysa.org)

MODULE 5 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 hardcopy) where appropriate

Joseph LaDou.  LaDou J. Current Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition. Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2004
Chapter 6: Musculoskeletal injuries
Chapter 10: Hearing loss
Chapter 12: Ergonomics and the prevention of occupational injuries

Chapter 17: Occupational infections

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
Chapter 10: Ionising radiation
Chapter 11: Ergonomics

Other readings referred to in modules:
Jeebhay MF, Alvarez E. Prevention of Biological risks in the workplace. In Elgstrand K, Petersson N, eds. Occupational Health and Safety and Development, 1st edition, Sweden, In press, 2005.
Jeebhay MF. An approach to hazardous biological agents in the workplace - legal provisions and practical considerations. Occupational Health Southern Africa, 8(2), 8-13, 2002.