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The term medical surveillance, as used in the field of occupational health refers to specific examinations of individuals working in a potentially hazardous environment. Such specific medical examinations normally serve one or more of three general purposes: (a) biological monitoring of specific occupational exposures, (b) to determine if an individual meets job standards, or (c) to ascertain if the developments of adverse physiological effects can be detected in an individual which may result from occupational (usually chronic) exposure to a chemical or a physical agent in time to be arrested or reversed. A fourth purpose (d), medical-legal does not have any significant or immediate value to the employee.
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Sliney, D., Wolbarsht, M. (1980). Medical Surveillance. In: Safety with Lasers and Other Optical Sources. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3596-0_26
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