occupational medicine
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The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention and treatment of occupational injuries and diseases.
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◆ An occupational disease is one that is associated with a particular occupation and occurs in the workplace. Some occupations confer specific risks, such as the prevalence of black lung in coal miners.
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"Not only that, evidence has been accumulating that it also raises the risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and mental illness," says Kang Mo-yeol, professor of occupational medicine at the Catholic University of Korea.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Martin Slade, a lecturer in occupational medicine at Yale School of Medicine and in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at YSPH, co-authored the study.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
Robert Harrison, an occupational medicine specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, has treated over 100 aircrew for injury from toxic exposure on a flight, including damage to the central nervous system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2025
“This is going to get worse,” Michael Crane, a doctor of occupational medicine who directs the W.T.C.H.P., told me recently.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 11, 2019
Although food poisoning on planes “absolutely happens,” said Anthony Harris, chief executive and medical director of the occupational medicine practice HFit Health, “it’s not a terribly common issue.”
From Washington Post
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