TY  - JOUR
T1  - Occupational health: Hazards of the work environment
AU  - Dinman BD
Y1  - 1969/05/12
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1969.03160060098027
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1028
EP  - 1028
VL  - 208
IS  - 6
N2  - Even in its best days there were cracks and fissures detectable closeup in Cheop's pyramid; from a distance, however, it was an imposing edifice. The same qualities apply to Dr. Mayers' book. It is an impressive attempt to encompass the entirety of man's organized homeostasis-directed reactions to the working environment. This volume covers an almost overwhelming gamut of human responses to the environment, from the activity of subcellular particulates through to the formulation of legislation. But because of the breadth of approach of the book, it cannot avoid suffering inaccuracies apparent to those with detailed knowledge of the underlying depths.By contrast the title of this work is unduly restrictive. The physical and chemical agents that were once confined to the industrial setting now encompass our total environment. Accordingly, the scope of the author's contribution is broader than the field of occupational medicine. While
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03160060098027
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160060098027
ER  -