Overview
- Provides a comprehensive overview of developments in the field of life course occupational health
- Includes in-depth analysis of links between early life, employment, quality of work and health
- Focuses on new challenges of a transformed working life and its impact on health
Part of the book series: Handbook Series in Occupational Health Sciences (HDBSOHS)
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Table of contents (30 entries)
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Methodological Challenges
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Early Life Impact on Work and Health
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Occupational Trajectories and Midlife Health: Exposure to Chronic Hazards at Work
Keywords
- Social determinants of health
- Life course epidemiology
- Flexible careers across the life course
- Changes in occupational careers
- Mental health from a life course perspective
- Exposure to chronic hazards in the workplace
- Chemical hazards
- Long working hours and health effects
- Occupational trajectories in a disabled workforce
- Labour and social policies
About this book
The important handbook has been prepared by a distinguished editorial team, with chapters written by prominent international experts. Despite its continuous reference to scientific knowledge it addresses its content to a broader, non-specialized readership.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Tarani Chandola is a Professor of Medical Sociology. He is the head of the department of Sociology and the director of the Methods Hub in the Faculty of theSocial Sciences at the University of Hong Kong. He joined the University of Hong Kong in August 2021 and was formerly the head of department of Social Statistics at the University of Manchester. His research is primarily on the social determinants of health, focusing on health inequalities and psychosocial factors, social-biological research and the analysis of longitudinal cohort studies.
Alexis Descatha is a Professor in Occupational Health in Paris then in Angers (Western of France), at University of Angers/ Inserm Irster/Ester, and lead the Clinical Toxicological Unit - Poison Control Center, in university hospital of Angers. His research focuses on the epidemiology of work disorders, musculoskeletal and other chronic diseases. He has interest on exposure assessment using a job exposure matrix and on performing systematic reviews. As emergency physician, he also conducts research on emergencies in occupational settings and created the ICOH’s scientific committee on Emergency Preparedness and Response, and involved in ICOH as board member in 2022-24. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Les Archives des Maladies Professionnelles et de l’Environnement. Recently, he was appointed Clinical Professor of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention at Hofstra School of Medicine, USA. In 2021, he received the Légion d’Honneur. To promote transfer research to practitioners in occupational health in a Translational Epidemiology Center on Occupational health, Toxicology, and Preparedness, he is presenting a YouTube channel (with University of Angers support). He is working also in promoting research in occupational health for different national and international agencies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Life Course Occupational Health
Editors: Morten Wahrendorf, Tarani Chandola, Alexis Descatha
Series Title: Handbook Series in Occupational Health Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30492-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30491-0Published: 19 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-30492-7Published: 18 August 2023
Series ISSN: 2730-7409
Series E-ISSN: 2730-7417
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 570
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 51 illustrations in colour
Topics: Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine, Medical Sociology, Public Health, Medicine/Public Health, general, Sociology of Work, Health Psychology