Occupational medicine

/ˌɒkjʊpˈeɪʃənəl mˈɛdsən/

/ˌɑːkjʊpˈeɪʃənəl mˈɛdəsən/

[noun]

[NOUN]

the branch of medical science that aims to prevent and treat job-related illnesses and injuries

Examples

1. TONY EUSER, Owner, Advanced Urgent Care and Occupational Medicine: That was never a policy of our company.

2. A century ago, the nation's lead expert and really the mother of the field of occupational medicine was physician and social justice pioneer Alice Hamilton.

3. A century ago, the nation's lead expert and really the mother of the field of occupational medicine, was physician and social justice pioneer, Alice Hamilton, not Alexander Hamilton, Alice Hamilton.

4. Dr. Greg Vanichkachorn: Work has always been something that's been a focus of us here in the clinic being an occupational medicine clinic primarily.