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

“This is really important because we have significant health inequities of all kinds for children in the U.S. that tracks with poverty,” said Catherine Karr, an environmental epidemiologist and pediatric environmental medicine specialist at the University of Washington.

From Washington Post

They looked at the relationship of using trekking poles on joint forces, physiological responses and balance, among other factors, publishing the results in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine.

From Washington Post

Dr. Catherine Karr, professor at the University of Washington who specializes in pediatric environmental medicine, said kids who breathe in wildfire smoke could experience chest pain and tightness, trouble breathing, irritation or a burning sensation in their nose, throat and eyes.

From Seattle Times

Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine to evaluate current body composition standards.

From Washington Times

In 2010 and 2011, Philippe Grandjean, a professor of environmental medicine at the University of Southern Denmark, had been studying children in the Faroes to see whether certain chemicals in the environment could dampen the immune system’s response to childhood vaccines.

From Washington Post