title: Occupational medicine--its contribution to protection and promotion of health at work.
abstract: This article deals with the special demands on occupational medicine due to the changes of work and of tasks at workplaces. Conclusions for research in occupational medicine are drawn from these processes. They are discussed on the basis on an analysis of literature from the years 1980-1998. Focus of future research in the field of occupational medicine is developed by taking international tendencies, the interdisciplinary setting of occupational medicine, and the close relations between science and practice into consideration.
authors.affiliation: Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational Health and Social Medicine, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany. scheuch@imib.med.tu-dresden.de
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scheuch
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haufe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends*; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration