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Environmental Medicine

Topic Index

Conditions Investigated by Environmental Medicine Programs

Accomplishments of Environmental Medicine Programs

Epidemiology

Current Investigations in Environmental Medicine

Environmental Disease Factors

Glossary

Online Resources

According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), human health and human disease result from three interactive elements - environmental factors, individual susceptibility, and age.

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Environmental medicine is the healthcare specialty concerned with human illnesses or dysfunctions that result from environmental factors. Environmental medicine specialists participate in a wide range of activities in their quest for answers regarding how the environment affects our health.

For example, among many other topics, the NIEHS is currently studying cancers, breast, and testicular; lead poisoning; birth and developmental defects; agricultural pollution; neurologic disorders; sterility; and ways to replace animals as subjects in research.

Environmental medicine departments or programs are found in large medical centers throughout the US. Some of the many services they offer include local, state, or national disease-prevention programs; epidemiological studies and research; distribution of standards, guidelines, and recommendations; and partnering with other organizations, such as health departments and environmental agencies, to help prevent environmental disease.

Index with Abstracts:

  • Environmental Disease Factors: Detailed information on environmental disease factors, including mold, air pollution, asthma triggers, carbon monoxide poisoning, lead poisoning, radon, multiple chemical sensitivity, electric and magnetic fields, and Gulf war syndrome

  • Accomplishments of Environmental Medicine: Detailed information on the accomplishments of environmental medicine due to sponsored programs by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

  • Current Investigations in Environmental Medicine: Listing of current investigations in environmental medicine

  • Epidemiology: Detailed information on epidemiology, the study of the occurrence of disease in people, and applying that information from the study to the control of health problems.

  • Online Resources - Environmental Medicine: List of online resources to find additional information on environmental medicine

  • Glossary - Environmental Medicine: Glossary of terms relating to environmental medicine

  • Topic Index - Environmental Medicine: Detailed information on environmental disease factors, including mold, air pollution, asthma triggers, carbon monoxide poisoning, lead poisoning, radon, multiple chemical sensitivity, electric and magnetic fields, and Gulf war syndrome