Occupational medicine

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  • occupational medicine
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  • The branch of medicine which deals with the relationship of humans to their occupations, for the purpose of the prevention of disease and injury and the promotion of optimal health, productivity, and social adjustment.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Occupational medicine, until 1960 called industrial medicine, is the branch of medicine which is concerned with the maintenance of health in the workplace, including prevention and treatment of diseases and injuries, with secondary objectives of maintaining and increasing productivity and social adjustment in the workplace. Therefore, the branch of clinical medicine active in the field of occupational health and safety. OM specialists work to ensure that the highest standards of occupational health and safety are achieved and maintained in the workplace. While OM may involve a wide number of disciplines, it centers on preventive medicine and the management of illness, injury, and disability related to the workplace. Occupational physicians must have a broad knowledge of clinical medicine and be competent in some important fields. They often advise international bodies, governmental and state agencies, organizations, and trade unions. There are contextual links to physical medicine and rehabilitation and to . In recent times, as the burden of disease from psychosocial occupational risk factors is increasingly being recognized and quantified, occupational medicine is increasingly also focusing on addressing these occupational hazards.

    産業医（さんぎょうい、（英: occupational health physician）は、企業等において労働者の健康管理等を行う医師である。 日本においては、1972年（昭和47年）の労働安全衛生法施行時に従来の「医師である衛生管理者」について、専門医学的立場で労働衛生を遂行する者であることを明確にするためにその呼称を改め、専門家として労働者の健康管理にあたることとしたものである（昭和47年9月18日基発602号）。同法等により、一定規模以上の事業場には産業医の選任が義務付けられる。なお国家公務員においては労働安全衛生法が適用されないため、代わりに健康管理医が配置される。労働安全衛生法について、以下では条数のみ記す。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Occupational_medicine)

    Occupational medicine, until 1960 called industrial medicine, is the branch of medicine which is concerned with the maintenance of health in the workplace, including prevention and treatment of diseases and injuries, with secondary objectives of maintaining and increasing productivity and social adjustment in the workplace. Therefore, the branch of clinical medicine active in the field of occupational health and safety. OM specialists work to ensure that the highest standards of occupational health and safety are achieved and maintained in the workplace. While OM may involve a wide number of disciplines, it centers on preventive medicine and the management of illness, injury, and disability related to the workplace. Occupational physicians must have a broad knowledge of clinical medicine and be competent in some important fields. They often advise international bodies, governmental and state agencies, organizations, and trade unions. There are contextual links to physical medicine and rehabilitation and to . In recent times, as the burden of disease from psychosocial occupational risk factors is increasingly being recognized and quantified, occupational medicine is increasingly also focusing on addressing these occupational hazards.

    産業医学（さんぎょういがく、英語: Occupational medicine）とは産業活動のなかで労働者における作業関連疾患を医学的に解明、予防し、労働者の健康を維持するための学問である。産業保健、労働衛生学とも呼ばれる。 かつては特定の職業、作業に特有の職業病を主な対象として、それらの環境要因、人的要因などについて原因究明と対策を行ってきたが、現在は事務作業なども含めて労働者の総合的な健康増進を図るものとなっている。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Occupational_medicine)