Occupational health information and the Barbour index
April 2008
You should also refer to these library factsheets
British Standards Institute (BSI)
World Health Organisation
Environmental health.
Print resources
Books on occupational medicine are kept in the reading room at WA 400 - 495. The World Health Organization publishes extensively on occupational issues. These reports are catalogued and stored in the basement store.
Collected resources on occupational health from the online BMJ can be found at the BMJ website:
Go to the website here http://bmj.com/cgi/collection/occupational_health
Current journals taken at the BMA library include:
American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ISSN 6854-4626
Occupational Health and Safety
Stevens Publ Corp, ISSN 0362-4064
Go to the website here http://www.ohsonline.com/
Available to BMA members with NHS Athens passwords. Go to the website here
Occupational Medicine
Bailliere Tindall, ISSN 0029-7917
Go to the website here http://occmed.oupjournals.org/
Available to BMA members with NHS Athens passwords. Go to the website here
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
| Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, National Institute of Occupational Health (Denmark),National Institute of Occupational Health (Norway) and National Institute for Working Life (Sweden), ISSN 0355-3140 Promotes research in fields of occupational health and safety and work environment and to publish original and review articles. |
Web resources
British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS)
Multidisciplinary learned society which was founded in 1952.
Go to the website here http://www.bohs.org/
European Agency for Health and Safety at Work
Set up by the European Union in order to serve the information needs of people with an interest in occupational safety and health.
Go to the website here http://europe.osha.eu.int/
Health and Safety Executive
Contains much useful information:
Go to the website here http://www.hse.gov.uk/
Health, Environment and Work
Links to academic sites:
Go to the website here http://www.agius.com/hew/index.htm
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Europe's leading body for occupational health professionals:
Go to the website here http://www.iosh.co.uk/home.cfm
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
This is a monthly journal published by the BMJ group concerned with areas of current importance in occupational medicine and environmental health issues throughout the world. Full text access is for subscribers only.
Go to the website here http://oem.bmjjournals.com/
Trades Union Congress
Useful health and safety content:
Go to the website here http://www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s/index.cfm
University of Birmingham Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health
Useful links, particularly of international agencies:
Go to the website here http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/ioem/
Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH)
University of Manchester management and research unit :
Go to the website here http://www.coeh.man.ac.uk/ohlinks.htm