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New acquisitions in the Library – July/August 2009

The following is a list of books, journals, pamphlets, videos, reports, and other materials recently added to the Library collection.

Contact the Library at 604 231-8450 for more information on any of these materials.

Engineering & standards

American National Standard : practice for occupational and educational eye and face protection / American National Standards Institute. --
New York, N. Y.: ANSI, 2003.
(ANSI standard ; Z87.1-2003)
Call#:  ANSI Z87.1-2003

The Green building bottom line : the real cost of sustainable building / edited by: Martin Melaver, Phyllis Mueller. --
New York, N.Y. ; Toronto, Ont.: McGraw Hill, 2009.
Call#:  TH_880 G74 2009

High-visibility safety apparel. --
Mississauga, Ont.: Canadian Standards Association, 2009.
(CSA standard (CAN/CSA) ; Z96-09)
Call#:  CSA-Z96-09

Standard for assessment-based certificate programs : an American national standard. --
Washington, D.C.: National Organization for Competency Assurance, 2009.
(ANSI/NOCA standard. ; 1100)
Call#:  ANSI 1100

Standard practice for comprehensive building asbestos surveys / American Society for Testing and Materials. --
West Conshohocken, Pa.: American Society for Testing and Materials, 2009.
(ASTM standard ; E 2356-04)
Call#:  ASTM E 2356-04

Information systems & audit

Microsoft Office Visio 2007 step by step / Judy Lemke and Resources Online. --
Redmond, Wash.: Microsoft Press, 2007.
Call#:  QA_76.754 V58 L45 2007

National conference of internal auditors, workers' compensation boards of Canada, September 25-28, 2007, Toronto, Ontario. --
[S.l.]: National Conference of Internal Auditors, 2007.
Call#:  HF_5668.15 N37 2007

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Law & workers' compensation

Benchmarks for designing workers' compensation medical fee schedules, 2006 / Stacey Eccleston. --
Cambridge, Mass.: Workers Compensation Research Institute, 2006.
Call#:  Internet

Comparing outcomes for injured workers in Michigan [electronic resource] / Sharon E. Belton, Te-Chun Liu. --
Cambridge, Mass.: Workers Compensation Research Institute, 2009.
Call#:  Internet

IAIABC - AWCBC 2008 learning symposium and conference [electronic resource] / Association of Worker's Compensation Boards of Canada, International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions. --
Vancouver, B.C.: Association of Worker's Compensation Boards of Canada, 2008.
Call#:  HD_7816 C2 I23 2008

Impacts of workplace injury : is this what Justice Meredith envisioned, a study of the economics and social impact of workplace injury and illness / contributors: Bryan Cook ... [et al.]. --
Stoney Creek, Ont.: Ontario Network of Injured Worker Groups, 2009.
Call#:  HD_7816 C35 I54 2009

Principles of administrative law / by David Phillip Jones and
Anne S. de Villars. --

Toronto, Ont.: Carswell, 2009.
Call#:  KM_300 J66 2009

Recommendations for experience rating for discussion with stakeholders / prepared by Morneau Sobeco. --
S.l.: Morneau Sobeco, 2008.
Call#:  HD_7816 C35 R445 2008

Updated baseline for evaluating the impact of the 2007 reforms in New York [electronic resource] / Ramona Tanabe, Stacey Eccleston, Caroll Telles. --
Cambridge, Mass.: Workers Compensation Research Institute, 2009.
Call#:  Internet

Workers' compensation laws [electronic resource] / produced through a joint effort by the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions and the Workers Compensation Research Institute. --
Cambridge, Mass.: Workers Compensation Research Institute, 2009.
Call#:  Internet

Workers' compensation medical cost containment [electronic resource] : a national inventory as of January 1, 2008. --
Cambridge: Workers' Compensation Research Institute, 2009.
Call#:  Internet

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Medicine & therapies

Alternate therapies in the treatment of brain injury and neurobehavioral disorders : a practice guide / Gregory J. Murrey, editor. --
New York, N.Y.: Haworth Press, 2006.
Call#:  WL_354 A48 2006

Assessing disability [electronic resource] : an international comparison of workers' compensation systems. --
Munich, Germany: Munchener, 2004.
Call#:  Internet

Biobehavioral approaches to pain / Rhonda J. Moore, editor ; foreword by
Judith A. Paice. --

Bethesda, Md.: Springer, 2009.
Call#:  WL_704 B45 2009

Brain stimulation therapies for clinicians / Edmund S. Higgins, Mark S. George ; illustrations by Edmund S. Higgins. --
Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing, 2009.
Call#:  WB_495 H54 2009

Current therapy in pain / [edited by] Howard S. Smith. --
Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier, 2009.
Call#:  WL_704 C875 2009

Definition of disability in Europe [electronic resource] : a comparative analysis / a study prepared by Brunel University. --
S.l.: Directorate-General for Employment, Industrial Relations, and Social Affairs, 2002.
Call#:  Internet

The Interpersonal, cognitive, and social nature of depression / edited by: Thomas E. Joiner, Jessica S. Brown, Janet Kistner. --
Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlaum Associates, 2006.
Call#:  WM_171 I57 2006

Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive textbook of psychiatry / editors: Benjamin J. Sadock, Virginia A. Sadock. --
Philadelphia, Pa.: Wolters Kluwer, 2009.
Call#:  WM_100 C656 2009

Pandemic influenza : emergency planning and community preparedness / edited by: Jeffrey R. Ryan. --
Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, 2009.
Call#:  WC_515 P35 2009

Preparing for an influenza pandemic : personal protective equipment for healthcare workers / Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers During an Influenza Pandemic ; Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine ; Lewis R. Goldfrank and Catharyn T. Liverman, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. --
Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2008.
Call#:  WC_515 P74 2008

Tackling musculoskeletal problems : a guide for clinic and workplace identifying obstacles using the psychosocial flags framework. --
London, England: Kendall & Burton, 2009.
Call#:  WE_140 T23 2009

Tall tales about the mind and brain : separating fact from fiction / edited by Sergio Della Sala. --
Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Call#:  WL_300 T35 2007

Traumatic incident reduction and critical incident stress management : a synergistic approach / edited by Victor R. Volkman ; foreword by John Durkin. --
S.l.: Victor Volkman, 2007.
Call#:  WM_172 T82 2007

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Miscellaneous

Building expertise : cognitive methods for training and performance improvement / Ruth Colvin Clark. --
San Francisco, Calif.: Pfeiffer, 2008.
Call#:  HF_5549.5 T7 C56 2008

Ethics 4 everyone : the handbook for integrity-based business practices /
Eric Harvey, Scott Airitam. --

Dallas, Tex.: Performance Systems Corp., 2002.
Call#:  HF_5387 H37 2002

Redskins, tricksters and puppy stew [DVD videorecording]. --
S.l.: National Film Board of Canada, 2000.
Call#:  DIV-3

Slow death by rubber duck : how the toxic chemistry of everyday life affects our health / Rick Smith, Bruce Lourie with Sarah Dopp. --
Toronto, Ont.: Knopf, 2009.
Call#:  QV_600 S65 2009

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Occupational health & safety

Back injuries in heavy industries : defining back injury outcomes for research purposes / principal investigator/applicants: Dr. Mieke Koehoorn,
Dr. Kay Teschke. --

Richmond, B.C.: Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia, 2007.
(Focus on tomorrow (Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia))
Call#:  HD_7816 C26_F66 #RS2002/03-013 (Part_A)

Back injuries in heavy industries : risk factor exposure assessment / principal investigator/applicants: Dr. Mieke Koehoorn, Dr. Kay Teschke. --
Richmond, B.C.: Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia, 2008.
(Focus on tomorrow (Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia))
Call#:  HD_7816 C26_F66 #RS2002/03-013 (Part_B)

Best practices for truck safety [electronic resource] / submitted by:
Brian Jonah ... [et al.]. --

Ottawa, Ont.: Traffic Injury Research Foundation, 2009.
Call#:  Internet

Cleaning and decontamination of workplaces containing beryllium [electronic resource] : techniques and cleaning solutions / Stéphanie Viau ... [et al.]. --
Montreal, Que.: IRSST, 2009.
(Studies and research projects ; R-614)
Call#:  Internet

Effectiveness and implementation of health and safety programs in small enterprises [electronic resource] : a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative literature / authors: Ellen MacEachern ... [et al.]. --
Toronto, Ont.: Institute for Work and Health, 2008.
Call#:  Internet

Effectiveness of participatory ergonomic interventions [electronic resource] : a systematic review / authors: Donald Cole ... [et al.]. --
Toronto, Ont.: Institute for Work and Health, 2005.
Call#:  Internet

Globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS) [electronic resource]. --
New York ; Geneva: United Nations, 2007.
Call#:  Internet

Guide to workplace safety for golf courses and groundskeeping [electronic resource] / produced by the Workers Compensation Board. --
Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Prince Edward Island, Workers' Compensation Board, 2009.
Call#:  Internet

Interventions in health-care settings to protect musculoskeletal health [electronic resource] : a systematic review / authors: Benjamin C. Amick ...
[et al.]. --

Toronto, Ont.: Institute for Work and Health, 2006.
Call#:  Internet

Life-saving appliances: International life-saving appliance code, resolution MSC.48(66) and Testing and evaluation of life-saving appliances, resolution MSC.81(70) / International Maritime Organization. --
London: International Maritime Organization, 2003.
Call#:  VK_1463 L54 2003

The MAK-collection for occupational health and safety, Part II: BAT value documentations, volume 4 / edited by Hans Drexler and Helmut Greim. --
Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH, 2005.
Call#:  WA_465 B555 v.4 2005

Musculoskeletal injury prevention [DVD videorecording] = La Prevention des lesions musculo-squeletiques. --
S.l.: WorkSafe New Brunswick, 2009.
Call#:  WE_600 M86 2009

No room for error [DVD videorecording]. --
London, England: Thomas Miller P&I Ltd., 2009?.
Call#:  VM_431 N52 [2009]

Occupational health and safety management audit instruments [electronic resource] : a literature review / authors: Philip L. Bigelow ... [et al.]. --
Toronto, Ont.: Institute for Work and Health, 2005.
Call#:  Internet

Occupational injuries and diseases in Canada, 1996-2005 : injury rates and cost to the economy / Ron Logan, Paul Reeder. --
Ottawa, Ont.: Human Resources Development Centre, 2007.
Call#:  WA_900 DC2 C335 2007

Process and implementation of participatory ergonomics interventions [electronic resource] : a systematic review  / authors: Dwayne Van Eerd. --
Toronto, Ont.: Institute for Work and Health, 2008.
Call#:  Internet

Protecting workers' lives : a safety and health guide for unions. --
Itasca, Ill.: National Safety Council, 2007.
Call#:  HD_7262 S32 2007

Safety signs and signals : the Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 : guidance on regulations / Health and Safety Executive. --
London: HSE Books, 2009.
(HSE/HSC Legal Guidance (Great Britain, Health and Safety Executive ; Great Britain, Health and Safety Commission) ; 64 (2nd ed))
Call#:  HD_7260 G7_L n.64 2009

Systematic review of factors associated with occupational disease among young people [electronic resource] / authors: F. Curtis Breslin. --
Toronto, Ont.: Institute for Work and Health, 2006.
Call#:  Internet

A Systematic review of injury/illness prevention and loss control (IPC) programs [electronic resource] / authors: Shelley Brewer ... [et al.]. --
Toronto, Ont.: Institute for Work and Health, 2007.
Call#:  Internet

A Systematic review of OHS interventions with economic evaluations [electronic resource] / authors: Emile Tompa ... [et al.]. --
Toronto, Ont.: Institute for Work and Health, 2007.
Call#:  Internet

Systematic review of risk factors for injury among youth [electronic resource] / authors: F. Curtin Breslin ... [at al]. --
Toronto, Ont.: Institute for Work and Health, 2005.
Call#:  Internet

Systematic review of the role of occupational health and safety interventions in the prevention of upper extremity musculoskeletal symptoms, signs, disorders, injuries, claims and lost time [electronic resource] / authors:
Benjamin C. Amick ... [et al.]. --

Toronto, Ont.: Institute for Work and Health, 2008.
Call#:  Internet

Trace metal and pesticide exposure in tree planting in British Columbia / principal investigator/applicants: Hugh Davies and Ernst Stjernberg. --
Richmond, B.C.: Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia, 2009.
(Focus on tomorrow (Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia))
Call#:  HD_7816 C26_F66 #RS2005-OD05

The Use of induced sputum as an additional diagnostic indicator of an asthmatic reaction to red cedar after specific inhalation challenge testing / principal investigator/applicant: Dr. Raja Abboud. --
Richmond, B.C.: Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia, 2008.
(Focus on tomorrow (Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia))
Call#:  HD_7816 C26_F66 #RS2003/04-22

Violence on the job [DVD videorecording]. --
Cincinnati, Ohio: NIOSH, 2004.
(DHHS (NIOSH) publication ; 2004-100d)
Call#:  HN_110 V5 V52 2004

Workplace interventions to prevent musculoskeletal and visual symptoms and disorders among computer users [electronic resource] : a systematic review  / authors: Dwayne Van Eerd ... [et al]. --
Toronto, Ont.: Institute for Work and Health, 2006.
Call#:  Internet

Workplace violence in the health sector [electronic resource] : proceedings of the First International Conference on Workplace Violence in the Health Care Sector - Together, Creating a Safe Environment / Dr. Linda O'Brien-Pallas ...
[et al.], editors. --

Amsterdam: KAVANAH, 2008.
Call#:  Internet

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