Occupation or Discipline
occupational medicine
Subclass of:
preventive medicine specialty
Definitions related to occupational medicine field:
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(industrial medicine) Medical specialty concerned with the promotion and maintenance of the physical and mental health of employees in occupational settings; do not confuse with OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH/SAFETY, the health and safety of the worker.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(occupational medicine) This branch of medicine is concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of injuries and illnesses that occur at the workplace or as a result of toxic exposures, stress, or accidents at the workplace. Occupational medicine encompasses issues such as industrial hygiene, safety, pollution control, ergonomics, industrial and agricultural toxicology, disability evaluation, physical rehabilitation, industrial psychology and emergency medicine. (BioTech Life Science Dictionary)NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Occupational medicine, the branch of medicine concerned with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of diseases and accidental injuries in working populations in the workplace. Historically, occupational medicine was limited to the treatment of injuries and diseases occurring to...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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