rel="nofollow" href="#u133dd0ac-15d7-57cf-a806-a7d7905788f8">MANAGING WORKPLACE DEMOGRAPHICS 1 INTRODUCTION 2 WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES 3 ALTERNATIVE WORK ARRANGEMENTS 4 CONCLUSION Endnotes Bibliography MASTERING DIGITAL MEDIA FOR WORKERS, EMPLOYERS, AND OUR COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE 1 INTRODUCTION 2 THE AMPLIFYING SOCIAL EFFECT OF SMARTPHONES 3 SOCIAL MEDIA IS DISRUPTIVE 4 THE GLOBAL USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA 5 MOTIVATIONS FOR USING SOCIAL MEDIA 6 USING DIGITAL PLATFORMS TO SEARCH FOR HEALTH INFORMATION 7 GLOBAL USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY ORGANIZATIONAL AUTHORITIES 8 THE THEORY AND USE OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT “FUNNEL” 9 THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS 10 THE PROMISING DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL MEDIA HEALTH APPLICATIONS (APPS) 11 CONCLUSION – PERILS AND PROMISE Bibliography General References
8 Part II: CHEMICAL AGENTS THE HISTORY AND BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS FOR CHEMICAL AGENTS 1 HISTORY 2 DEFINITION OF THE ACGIH TLVs® 3 UNCERTAINTY FACTORS USED TO DERIVE OELs 4 SETTING LIMITS FOR SYSTEMIC TOXICANTS 5 DO THE TLV PROTECT ENOUGH WORKERS? 6 CORPORATE OELs 7 MODELS FOR ADJUSTING OELs 8 OELs OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 9 THE FUTURE OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS Bibliography Further Reading THE MODE OF ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND ELIMINATION OF TOXIC MATERIALS 1 INTRODUCTION 2 PORTALS OF ENTRY AND ABSORPTION OF TOXIC CHEMICALS 3 ENTRY INTO THE CELL 4 TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION OF XENOBIOTICS 5 TOXICANT DISTRIBUTION TO AND DEPOSITION IN ORGANS AND TISSUES 6 METABOLIC TRANSFORMATION OF XENOBIOTICS 7 ELIMINATION AND EXCRETION OF XENOBIOTICS Bibliography SYMPTOMATIC RESPONSES TO LOW‐LEVEL OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES 1 INTRODUCTION 2 DEFINITION(S) 3 CASE EXAMPLES 4 EPIDEMIOLOGY 5 RISK FACTORS AND COMORBIDITIES 6 NATURAL HISTORY 7 PATHOGENESIS 8 CLINICAL EVALUATION 9 DIAGNOSTIC TESTING 10 EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT 11 CLINICAL MANAGEMENT 12 CONCLUSION Bibliography BASIC AEROSOL SCIENCE 1 INTRODUCTION 2 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROSOLS 3 PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS 4 STOKES LAW AND NEWTON'S RESISTANCE LAW 5 PARTICLE MOTION 6 ISOKINETIC SAMPLING 7 IMPACTORS 8 RESPIRABLE SAMPLING 9 BROWNIAN MOTION AND DIFFUSION 10 CONDENSATION AND EVAPORATION 11 ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROSOLS 12 OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROSOLS 13 COAGULATION Bibliography PULMONARY EFFECTS OF INHALED MINERAL DUSTS 1 INTRODUCTION 2 PULMONARY ANATOMY 3 LUNG DEFENSES 4 PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY