Environmental Medical History

Environmental medicine | Britannica

https://www.britannica.com/science/environmental-medicine

environmental medicine, medical science involving the study of the relationship between human health and biological, chemical, and physical factors in the environment. The modern field of environmental medicine originated sometime around the mid-20th century, when possible links between environmental factors and human disease gained increased recognition.

The Occupational & Environmental Medical History

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Physicians today are called on increasingly to address questions or problems related to environmental health. The environmental health history is becoming an important tool …

A Brief History of Environmental Bioethics | Journal of Ethics ...

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/brief-history-environmental-bioethics/2014-09

Introduction: Environment, Health and History

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First, we survey very broadly the relationship between health and the environment from the Greeks to the near present, with brief allusions to …

History | Environmental Health Perspectives

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EHP was created not long after the founding of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in 1969 and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) …

What Is the Purpose of Taking an Exposure History?

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/exposure-history/Purpose-of-Taking-an-Exposure-History.html

Etiology Denotes Environmental and Occupational Diseases. Most environmental and occupational diseases either manifest as common medical problems (e.g., rashes, …

Environmental Medicine - NAEM

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Those working in environmental medicine leverage the concept of cumulative toxic load – low-level exposure and interaction with various substances in food, water, air, homes, and communities – over time …

Environmental history | Timeline and historical insights

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Environmental Health News In 1972, world leaders had gathered in Stockholm in an unprecedented acknowledgement that we were running into trouble. The gathering hammered out a weighty Statement of …

Pediatric Environmental History | NEEF

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Taking a good environmental history is a critical first step for addressing health conditions associated with environmental exposures. NEEF's environmental history form draws from the medical …

The occupational and environmental health history

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7310975/

Abstract. Occupational and environmental diseases frequently masquerade as routine medical disorders. Yet environmental factors rarely enter into …