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The occupational history is the core element of occupational medicine. Actually it is a core element of all medicine and the patient´s occupational conditions and job exposures should be an integrated part of the diagnostics, the treatment and the follow-up of patients, whether in the hospitals or in the clinics.

Definition
The occupational history is a part of the health history in which questions are asked about the person's occupation, source of income, effects of the work on the worker's health or the worker's health on the job, the duration of the job, and to what degree the occupation satisfies the person. Any adverse effects known to be associated with the work or the place of work are investigated by further questions by the interviewer; for example, a tennis player might be asked about musculoskeletal problems, or a taxi driver about function of the urinary tract.

Taking the occupational history