occupational disease of miners

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• occupational disease — oc·cu·pa·tion·al disease /ˌä kyə pā shə nəl / n: an ailment that results from the characteristic conditions or functions of one s employment rather than from the ordinary risks to which the general public is exposed and that renders one eligible… …   Law dictionary

• Occupational disease — Classification and external resources MeSH D009784 An occupational disease is any chronic ailment that occurs as a result of work or occupational activity. It is an aspect of occupational safety and health. An occupational disease is typically… …   Wikipedia

• occupational disease — ☆ occupational disease n. a disease commonly acquired by people in a particular occupation, as silicosis among miners …   English World dictionary

• occupational disease — 1. Also called industrial disease. a disease caused by the conditions or hazards of a particular occupation. 2. a trait or tendency that develops among members of a particular profession: Cynicism was thought to be an occupational disease of… …   Universalium

• Occupational disease — A disease due to a factor in a person s occupation. Occupational medicine was founded by the Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini (1633 1714). His De Morbis Artificium (On Artificially Caused Diseases) published in 1700 was the first systematic …   Medical dictionary

• occupational disease — A disease (as black lung disease incurred by miners) resulting from exposure during employment to conditions or substances detrimental to health. Impairment of health not caused by accident but by exposure to conditions incidental to and arising… …   Black's law dictionary

• Occupational Safety and Health, National Institute for — Better known as NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is a US Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work related disease and injury. Despite its name (which… …   Medical dictionary

• Disease, occupational — A disease due to a factor in a person s occupation. Occupational medicine was founded by the Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini (1633 1714). His De Morbis Artificium (On Artificially Caused Diseases) published in 1700 was the first systematic …   Medical dictionary

• Occupational medicine — The field of medicine encompassing occupational disease, diseases due to factors in people s occupations. For example, lung disease in miners. * * * occupational medicine n a branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and treatment of… …   Medical dictionary

• respiratory disease — ▪ human disease Introduction  any of the diseases and disorders that affect human respiration (respiration, human).  Diseases of the respiratory system may affect any of the structures and organs that have to do with breathing, including the… …   Universalium

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health — Known for short as NIOSH, a US Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work related disease and injury. Despite its name (which would suggest that it is part of the National Institutes… …   Medical dictionary