title: Key elements of the occupational history for the general physician.
abstract: Taking a medical history is an art that requires skill, experience and practice. There is now increasing recognition of the importance of workplace and environmental factors in causing or aggravating common medical conditions. Because of limited training in evaluating workplace and environmental hazards, general physicians may find it difficult to target a general medical history to detect essential occupational details.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009787:Occupational Medicine