:: Occupational Health ::

Occupational health is concerned with health in its relation to work
and  the  working  environment; both  physically  and  mentally. In
1950,   the  joint  ILO / WHO  Committee  on  occupational  health
decided  upon broad definition: “Occupational health should aim at
the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical,
mental  and social well - being  of  workers  in all occupations; the
prevention  among  workers  of  departures from health  caused by
their  working  conditions ;  the  protection  of  workers  in    their
employment from  risks  resulting  from  factors  adverse to health;
the  placing  and   maintenance  of  workers  in  an    occupational
environment   adopted  to  his   physiological  and     psychological
capabilities  and to summaries: the adaption of work to man and of
each  man  to his job ”.  Thus  the  definition  calls for  specialized
knowledge   from   many   disciplines   like   medicine,  engineering,
chemistry, toxicology, psychology, physiology, statistics, etc. and
close  teamwork between  workers  in  these  different  spheres  is
essential.

In  other  words, it is concerned with health problems in relation to
man & his general social,biological,chemical & physical environment.