Disciplines and Occupations

Occupational Medicine

Medical specialty concerned with the promotion and maintenance of the physical and mental health of employees in occupational settings.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Medical specialty concerned with the promotion and maintenance of the physical and mental health of employees in occupational settings.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Industrial Medicine
  • Medicine, Industrial
  • Medicine, Occupational

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specialty; do not confuse with OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, the health of the worker or with OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES

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History Note

79; was INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE 1963-78

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  1. H02w.403w.720w.750w.510w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Occupational Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009787. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009787
  2. Occupational Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_medicine
  3. Occupational Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628764