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1 hygiene go, Dr. Dement?
Page 1993
2 A Well, sort of the father of occupational
3 medicine and industrial hygiene was Ramazzini in 17th
4 Century.
5 The modern practice of the industrial
6 hygiene dates really to the turn of the century. the
7 first published text in about 1913, 1914 in the United
8 States.
9 Q Now, is toxicology part of industrial
10 hygiene?
11 A Toxicology is a science studied by
12 industrial hygienists as part of their training.
13 Q Now, you also mentioned -- you mentioned
14 epidemiology?
15 A Yes.
16 Q What is epidemiology?
17 A Well, that is the science that studies the
18 distribution of diseases in human populations and
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19 tries to determine their causes.
20 Q Is there a certification process for
21 industrial hygiene?