Health and Safety Books

New and Published Books

1. Bayesian Methods in Health Economics

   By Gianluca Baio

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series

   Health economics is concerned with the study of the cost-effectiveness of health care interventions. This book provides an overview of Bayesian methods for the analysis of health economic data. After an introduction to the basic economic concepts and methods of evaluation, it presents Bayesian...

   Published November 11th 2012 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
2. International Health and Safety at Work

   for the NEBOSH International General Certificate, 2nd Edition

   By Phil Hughes, Ed Ferrett

   The second edition of International Health and Safety at Work has been specially written in simple English for the thousands of students who complete the NEBOSH International Certificate in Health and Safety each year. Fully updated and matched to the March 2011 syllabus, this course book...

   Published August 29th 2012 by Routledge
3. Health & Safety in Construction Revision Guide

   for the NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction

   By Ed Ferrett

   This companion to the bestselling Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction will help you prepare for the written assessments on the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (October 2009 specification). It provides complete coverage of the syllabus in...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
4. Health and Safety at Work Revision Guide

   for the NEBOSH National General Certificate, 2nd Edition

   By Ed Ferrett

   This companion to the bestselling Introduction to Health and Safety at Work will help you prepare for the written assessments on the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (October 2009 specification). It provides complete coverage of the syllabus in bite-sized chunks...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
5. International Health & Safety at Work Revision Guide

   for the NEBOSH International General Certificat

   By Ed Ferrett

   This companion to the bestselling International Health and Safety at Work will help you prepare for the written assessments on the NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (October 2009 specification). It provides complete coverage of the syllabus in bite-sized...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
6. Ecological Public Health

   Reshaping the Conditions for Good Health

   By Geof Rayner, Tim Lang

   What is public health? To some, it is about drains, water, food and housing, all requiring engineering and expert management. To others, it is the State using medicine or health education and tackling unhealthy lifestyles. This book argues that public health thinking needs an overhaul, a...

   Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge
7. Emerging Technologies in Non-Destructive Testing V

   Edited by Alkiviadis S. Paipetis, Theodore E. Matikas, Dimitrios G. Aggelis, Danny Van Hemelrijck

   Non-destructive evaluation (NDE) methods have dominated most of the fields of applied research and technology over the last twenty years. These techniques provide information on the functional efficiency of materials and structures without causing any structural impact on the structure itself....

   Published January 25th 2012 by CRC Press
8. Public Safety and Risk Assessment

   Improving Decision Making

   By David J. Ball, Laurence Ball-King

   Series: Earthscan Risk in Society

   This book aims to encourage a more reflective, multidisciplinary approach to public safety, and the 'reenfranchisement' of those affected by this new phenomenon. Over the past decade health and safety has become a major issue of public interest. There are countless stories of health and safety...

   Published September 6th 2011 by Routledge
9. Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

   5th Edition

   By Phil Hughes, Ed Ferrett, Phil Hughes, Ed Ferrett

   Learn more about health and safety with this NEBOSH-endorsed textbook, written and designed specifically to help you pass your course. Matched to the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (October 2009 specification) Practice NEBOSH questions and sample answers...

   Published July 20th 2011 by Routledge
10. Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health

    20th Edition

    Edited by Stephen Battersby

    Clay’s Handbook of Environmental Health, since its first publication in 1933, has provided a definitive guide for the environmental health practitioner or reference for the consultant or student. This twentieth edition continues as a first point of reference, reviewing the core principles,...

    Published July 7th 2011 by Routledge