title: Environmental medicine.
abstract: Four theses appear as the focal point of the paper: 1. Variability and specificity of medical protection of the environment, 2. Interdisciplinary character of the medical environment protection, 3. Medical protection of the environment within the powers of the public health services, 4. Medical protection of the environment as a nationwide issue.
authors.affiliation: Institute for General and Communal Hygiene, Humboldt University Berlin, BRD.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horn
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004782:Environmental Health; D006801:Humans; D011315:Preventive Medicine