Book Reviews

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A Practical Approach to Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Second Edition. Robert J. McCunney, Editor; 856 pp. Little Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts (1994). $59.95. Reviewed by M.L. Adess, PhD; Washington, DC Introduction to Toxicology, Second Edition. John A. Timbrell, Editor; 181 pp. Taylor & Francis, London (1995). $27.00. Reviewed by M.L. Adess, PhD; Washington, DC Handbook of Emergency Response to Toxic Chemical Releases: A Guide To Compliance. Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff; 325 pp. Noyes Data Corp., Park Ridge, New Jersey (1995). $64.00. Reviewed by Dave Barber; Albuquerque, New Mexico Material Safety Data Sheets: The Writer's Desk Reference. Richard P. Molinelli, Michael J. Reale, and Ralph I. Freudenthal, Editors; 419 pp. Hill and Garnett Publishing, Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida (1992). $99.95. Reviewed by David Barber; Albuquerque, New Mexico A Guide to the Ergonomics of Manufacturing. Martin Helander; 223 pp. Taylor & Francis, Bristol, Pennsylvania (1995). $24.95. Reviewed by Peter Bellin, CIH; Northridge, California Biological Exposure Values for Occupational Toxicants and Carcinogens. Critical Data Evaluation for BAT and EKA Values, Volume 1. Dietrich Henschler and Gerhard Lehnert, Editors; xv + 235 pp. VCH Publishers, New York (1994). $105.00. Reviewed by Lawrence Stilwell Betts, MD, PhD, CIH; Oakland, California Industrial Hygiene Evaluation Methods. M.S. Bisesi and J.P. Kohn; 285 pp. and appendices. Lewis Publishers/CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida (1995). $62.95. Reviewed by Lawrence Stilwell Betts, MD, PhD, CIH; Oakland, California Human Thermal Environments: The Principles and the Practice. K.C. Parsons; 377 pp. Taylor & Francis, Inc., Bristol, Pennsylvania (1993). $49.00 (softcover) or $99.00 (hardcover). Reviewed by Roger Briggs, MPH, CIH; Kennewick, Washington The Advanced Ergonomics Manual. Joseph L. Selan; 476 pp. Advanced Ergonomics, Inc., Dallas, Texas (1994). $175.00. Reviewed by Roger Briggs, MPH, CIH; Kennewick, Washington Total Quality for Safety and Health Professionals. F. David Pierce; 229 pp. Government Institutes, Inc., Rockville, Maryland (1995). $59.00. Reviewed by David Clapp, PhD, PE, CIH; Maitland, Florida Safety Training Methods: Practical Solutions for the Next Millennium, Second Edition. Jack B. Revelle and Joe Stephenson; 334 pp. John Wiley & Sons, New York (1995). $59.95. Reviewed by David Clapp, PhD, PE, CIH; Maitland, Florida Agrochemicals Desk Reference—Environmental Data. John H. Montgomery; 625 pp. Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, Michigan (1993). $95.95. Reviewed by Richard Fairfax, CIH; Washington, DC Environmental Contaminant Reference Databook, Volume 1. Jan C. Prager; 1240 pp. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York (1995). $128.00. Reviewed by Richard E. Fairfax, CIH; Washington, DC Definitions, Conversions, and Calculations for Occupational Safety and Health Professionals. Edward W. Finucane; 352 pp. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida (1993). $49.95. Reviewed by George F. Grant, MSc, MEd, CChem, CIH, EdD; North York, Ontario, Canada Accident Prevention and OSHA Compliance. Patrick A. Michaud; 314 pp. Lewis Publishers, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida (1995). $65.00. Reviewed by Douglas C. Gray, PhD, CIH; Chelmsford, Massachusetts Effective Financial Tools for Scientific Managers. James J. Farley; 240 pp. Lewis Publishers, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida (1994). $46.95. Reviewed by Douglas C. Gray, PhD, CIH; Chelmsford, Massachusetts Environmental Site Assessment Phase I: A Basic Guide. Kathleen Hess; 302 pp. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida (1993). $75.95. Reviewed by Monty L. Herr, PhD, CIH; Livermore, California Practical Guide to Environmental Management, Sixth Edition. Frank B. Friedman; 400 pp. Environmental Law Institute, Washington, DC (1995). $39.95. Reviewed by A.D. Kneessy, PE, DEE, CIH, CSP; Indianapolis, Indiana Environmental Site Assessment Phase I: A Basic Guide. Kathleen Hess; 302 pp. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida (1993). $75.95. Reviewed by Monty L. Herr, PhD, CIH; Livermore, California Environmental Medicine. Stuart M. Brooks, Michael Gochfeld, Jessica Herzstein, Richard J. Jackson, and Marc B. Schenker, Editors; 799 pp. Mosby-Year Book, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri (1995). $84.00. Reviewed by William E. Luttrell, PhD; Norfolk, Virginia Effective Expert Witnessing, Second Edition. Jack V. Matson; 223 pp. Lewis Publishers, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida (1994). $59.95. Reviewed by David C. May, PE, CIH; Concord, New Hampshire Introduction to Environmental Epidemiology. Evelyn O. Talbott and Gunther F. Craun, Editors; 238 pp. Lewis Publishers, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida (1995). $59.95. Reviewed by Kenneth A. Mundt, PhD; Amherst, Massachusetts Topics in Biological Monitoring. A Compendium of Essays by Members of the ACGIH Biological Exposure Indices Committee; 123 pp. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (1995). $29.00. Reviewed by Baily Seshagiri, PhD, PE, CIH; Ottawa, Canada