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Module 4 - Background

Physical and Emerging Hazards

Required Reading

Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016). Workplace safety & health topics: Noise and hearing loss. Retrieved on 4/17/16 at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/

Ekmekçioğlu, M., Kaya, T., & Kahraman, C. (2010). Fuzzy multicriteria disposal method and site selection for municipal solid waste. Waste Management , 30(8): 1729–1736.

Institute of Medicine. (2000). Chapter 4: The changing workplace. In Safe work in the 21st century: Education and training needs for the next decade's occupational safety and health personnel. Washington, DC, USA: National Academies Press.

Marshall, R. E., & Farahbakhsh, K. (2013). Systems approaches to integrated solid waste management in developing countries. Waste Management, 33(4): 988-1003.

Occupational Safety and Health. (n.d.). What constitutes an effective hearing conservation program? Retrieved on 4/17/16 at https://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/noise/hcp/index.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2015). Radiation protection. Retrieved on 4/17/16 at http://www.epa.gov/radiation/understand/health_effects.html

Wada, Y., Okumoto, T., & Wada, N. (2008). Evaluating waste disposal systems. The Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 10(2): 173-187.

Optional Reading

Institute of Medicine. (2000). Chapter 3: The changing workforce. In Safe work in the 21st century: Education and training needs for the next decade's occupational safety and health personnel. Washington, DC, USA: National Academies Press.

Sliwinska-Kowalska, M., & Davis, A. (2012). Noise-induced hearing loss. Noise & Health, 14(61), 274-80.

Suter, A. H. (2012). Engineering controls for occupational noise exposure: The best way to save hearing. Sound and Vibration, 46(1): 24-32.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2016). Noise pollution. Retrieved on 4/17/16 at https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/title-iv-noise-pollution

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2015). Wastes. Retrieved on 4/17/16 at http://www.epa.gov/osw/

Vallee, L., Ruddy, M., & Bota, K. (2010). Can you hear me now? Professional Safety, 55(11), 26-32.

Optional Resources

Purdue Online Writing Lab. (2018). General format. Retrieved from  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html

Purdue Online Writing Lab. (2018). In-text citations: The basics. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/in_text_citations_the_basics.html

Purdue Online Writing Lab. (2018). Reference list: Basic rules. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_basic_rules.html