| psychology, industrial | The branch of applied psychology concerned with the application of psychologic principles and methods to industrial problems including selection and training of workers, working conditions, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| industrial deafness | Synonym: acoustic trauma deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| industrial disease | A morbid condition resulting from exposure to an agent discharged by a commercial enterprise into the environment. Compare: occupational disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| industrial hygiene | Practices adopted by an industrial concern to minimise occupation-related disease and/or injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| industrial microbiology | The study, utilization, and manipulation of those microorganisms capable of economically producing desirable substances or changes in substances, and the control of undesirable microorganisms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| industrial oils | Oils which are used in industrial or commercial applications. (12 Dec 1998) |
| industrial psychiatry | The application of the principles of psychiatry to problems in business and industry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| industrial psychology | The application of the principles of psychology to problems in business and industry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| industrial waste | Worthless, damaged, defective, superfluous or effluent material from industrial operations. It represents an ecological problem and health hazard. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fungicides, industrial | Chemicals that kill or inhibit the growth of fungi in agricultural applications, on wood, plastics, or other materials, in swimming pools, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adolescent medicine | A branch of medicine pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases occurring during the period beginning with puberty until the cessation of somatic growth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| aerospace medicine | <study> A field of medicine which specialises in the effects of atmospheric and space flight on human physical and psychological well-being. (09 Oct 1997) |
| alternative medicine | A catch-all phrase for a long list of treatments or medicinal systems including traditional systems such as Chinese or Ayurvedic medicine, homeopathy, various herbals and other miscellaneous treatments that have not been accepted by the mainstream, or Western, medical establishment. Alternative medicine is also referred to as complementary medicine (see). The designation alternative medicine is not equivalent to holistic medicine, which is a more narrow term. See: Holistic Medicine. (09 Oct 1997) |
| aviation medicine | The study and practice of medicine as it applies to physiologic problems peculiar to aviation. Synonym: aeromedicine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| behavioural medicine | The interdisciplinary field concerned with the development and integration of behavioural and biomedical science, knowledge, and techniques relevant to health and illness and the application of this knowledge and these techniques to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. (12 Dec 1998) |