Occupational epidemiology

Occupational epidemiology is one of the sub-disciplines of epidemiology that focus on investigations on workers and the workplace. Occupational epidemiologic studies examine a variety of health outcomes among workers and their potential association with a variety of conditions in the workplace (such as noise, chemicals, heat, radiation, etc.) or work organization (schedules, etc.). The need for evidence to inform occupational safety regulations, workers' compensation programs, and federal safety legislation constituted part of the motivation for the development of public health policy, occupational epidemiology methods, surveillance mechanisms and the delineation of the scope of this area of knowledge. Occupational epidemiological research can inform risk assessments; development of standards and other risk management activities; and estimates of the co-benefits and co-harms of policies designed to reduce risk factors or conditions that can affect human health. Occupational epidemiology methods are common to methods used in environmental epidemiology.

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