Engineering and Health in Compressed Air Work: Proceedings of the International Conference, Oxford, September 1992 / Edition 1

by F.M. Jardine, R.I. McCallum

Overview

This book is the record of the conference held in Oxford in 1992 organised by CIRIA, and co-sponsored by the Health and Safety Executive, The British Tunnelling Society and the Medical Research Council's Hyperbaric Sciences Panel. The book consolidates international medical and engineering knowledge and experience on the use of compressed air and hyperbaric techniques, and looks to how they can be safely used in the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780419184607
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/20/1994
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	668
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

F. M. Jardine, R. I. McCallum

Table of Contents

Keynote lectures. Construction projects. Bone necrosis. Engineering design. Occupational health and safety. Decompression illness. Decompression illness and clinical practice. Codes and regulations. Developing technologies. Challenges for the future. Appendices. Index.

Editorial Reviews

The proceedings of the September 1992 conference organized by CIRIA (the [UK] Construction Industry Research and Information Association) comprise keynote lectures, refereed papers, and discussions on bone necrosis, decompression illness, engineering design and construction, codes and regulations, developing technologies, and the occupational health and safety of using compressed air and hyperbaric techniques in below-ground construction works. An appendix contains a conference glossary of engineering, diving, and medical terms, abbreviations, and units of pressure. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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