environmental medicine

American  

noun

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the effects of the environment on human health, especiallythe physical, mental, and emotional responses to environmental factors.

2. the study of the causes of disease in an environmental context, and the development of methods of detection, control, and prevention of environmentally related disease.

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Example Sentences

"The transition to fatherhood often involves both positive experiences and a range of new stresses," says Jing Zhou, PhD student at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, and co-first author of the paper.

From Science Daily

"The delayed increase in depression was unexpected and underscores the need to pay attention to warning signs of mental ill-health in fathers long after the birth of their child," says Donghao Lu, senior lecturer and associate professor at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, and the paper's corresponding author.

From Science Daily

"This study shows how our environmental exposures shaped our evolution," said Professor Manish Arora, Professor and Vice Chairman of Environmental Medicine.

From Science Daily

"From the perspective of inter-species competition, the observation that toxic exposures can offer an overall survival advantage offers a fresh paradigm for environmental medicine to examine the evolutionary roots of disorders linked to environmental exposures."

From Science Daily

As it stands, undocumented immigrants face financial, legal and linguistic barriers to seeking healthcare, said Dr. Sheiphali Gandhi, a UC San Francisco assistant professor of occupational and environmental medicine.

From Los Angeles Times