TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Occupational Toxicology
A1  - Thorne, Peter S.
A2  - Klaassen, Curtis D.
PY  - 2019
T2  - Casarett & Doull’s Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 9th edition
AB  - Those  who  work  full  time  over  a  working  lifetime  will  spend  about  94,000  hours  in  the  workplace.  If  that  workplace  is  dusty  or  laden  with  chemicals  or  allergens,  it  has  the  potential  to  induce  disease.  The  higher  the  exposures,  the  greater  the  likelihood  of  disease.  For  centuries  scholars  have  recognized  that  the  work  environment  plays  a  significant  role  in  the  occurrence  of  adverse  human  health  effects.  Early  writings  by  Ulrich  Ellenbog  (1435  to  1499),  Agricola  (1494  to  1555),  and  Paracelsus  (1492  to  1541)  revealed  the  toxic  nature  of  exposures  in  mining,  smelting,  and  metallurgy.  A  systematic  treatise  by  Ramazzini  (1633  to  1714)  described  the  hazards  as  they  applied  to  workers  in  over  50  common  trades  including  miners,  chemists,  tinsmiths,  tanners,  pharmacists,  grain  sifters,  stonecutters,  sewage  workers,  and  even  corpse  bearers.  Legislation  to  protect  worker  health  began  in  England  with  the  Factory  Act  of  1833  which  established  a  factory  inspectorate  and  limited  child  laborers  9  to  13  years  old  to  a  48-hour  work  week  and  14-  to  18-year  olds  to  a  68-hour  work  week.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1158504459
ER  -