Occupational & Environmental Medicine

"The development of industry has created many new sources of danger. Occupational diseases are socially different from other diseases, but not biologically."
Henry E. Sigerist [1891-1957] Quoted in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 13:214, 1958
"Learned people are observed to be lean in appearance, wan, listless, glum, and desirous of a solitary life."
Dr. Bernardino Ramazzini, "Dissertatio de literatorum morbis" (Dissertation on the illnesses of scholars) in: De Morbis Artificum, 1700, as cited in "Dr. Ramazzini's Prescriptions" by Ronald E. Pepin, Academe 1995 May-June;28-9.

Books

Most books on Occupational and Environmental Medicine are in the WA section of the library collections.
Reference books include:

Textbooks include:

If you don't find what you need, visit (or call or email) your librarian.

Journals

 Journals in the Health Sciences Library are indexed in MEDLINE, and are shelved alphabetically by journal title.

Databases

 MEDLINE is a bibliographic index of articles from over 3500 journals from 1965 to the present. Depending on the specific topic of interest, TOXNET and other databases may also be of particular use. Consult your librarian for more information.
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MEDLINE Search Hint

Journal articles are indexed with the most specific terms appropriate to the subject matter of the article, using the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) assigned by National Library of Medicine indexers. Occupational diseases are listed in the C21.447 tree, occupations are listed in the N1.824.547 tree. The term "occupational exposure" or the term "safety" may be coordinated (with the Boolean connector AND) with specific occupations or occupational diseases. The term "occupational health" concerns the promotion and maintenance of physical and mental health in the work environment. There are also terms for "equipment safety," "protective devices," and "eye protective devices," "air pollutants, occupational," "dermatitis, occupational," and "noise, occupational." Consider also the "environmental exposure" terms, "environmental pollutants" and "environmental pollution" terms, "environmental health" terms, and the environment tree (G3.230+). Passive smoking is indexed under the term "tobacco smoke pollution."

For more information, read the MEDLINE Search Guide or consult your librarian.

Images

Remember that slides, CD-ROM images, and other visual occupational and environmental medicine information are available in the Medical Education Media Center. See also the University of Missouri-Kansas City Image Bank.

Internet Resources - World Wide Web

Listservs and newsgroups are available for electronic discussion of environment and occupation medicine. Check the Hancock List. Other resources include: There are also Internet sites devoted to particular ailments, such as the Patient's Guide to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and the Repetitive Strain Injuries web page.

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