environmental medicine

noun

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the effects of the environment on human health, especiallythe physical, mental, and emotional responses to environmental factors.
2. the study of the causes of disease in an environmental context, and the development of methods of detection, control, and prevention of environmentally related disease.

Example Sentences

Dr. Philippe Grandjean, a scientist of environmental medicine at the University of Rhode Island, has also done extensive research into fluoridation but he believes that the NTP report was "unusually modest and fails to recognize the substantial and negative public health impact of fluoride."

From Salon

“They do not lower the dust level low enough to prevent this severe disease,” said Rosenman, chief of the division of occupational and environmental medicine at Michigan State University.

From Los Angeles Times

“For athletes who don’t want to cheat, altitude training is one of the unique ways to enhance a training response and improve the blood volume and red cell mass in particular,” said Dr. Benjamin Levine, professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern and director of Texas Health Dallas’ Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine.

From Los Angeles Times

"The Single Cell Atlas not only saves time and resources but also fosters a collaborative environment for scientists from diverse fields, paving the way for new discoveries and innovations," says the study's first author Lu Pan, researcher at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.

From Science Daily

The Falcon Law Firm brought on Jerald Cook, a retired Navy physician trained in occupational and environmental medicine, as an expert on numerous cases.

From Seattle Times