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industrial medicine

British  

noun

  1. the study and practice of the health care of employees of large organizations, including measures to prevent accidents, industrial diseases, and stress in the workforce and to monitor the health of executives

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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By 1919, Hamilton, now a recognized authority in the field of industrial medicine, was sought out by Harvard Medical School Dean David L. Edsall.

From Scientific American Oct. 23, 2019

Lab mice were shipped out to the front lines of industrial medicine for cancer-drug screenings, radiation exposure tests, and even routine medical procedures.

From Slate Nov. 16, 2011

This need, an industrial medicine expert told a Manhattan conference last week, often increases instead of decreasing as the man gets older.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it was from Harvard's medical faculty that she got her greatest honor: as early as 1919 Harvard named her assistant professor in industrial medicine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus she met countless victims of industrial hazards and eventually became the founder of industrial medicine in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

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