Environmental & Occupational Health (EOH) Mission Statement
I. Name
This organization shall be known as the American Thoracic Society Scientific Assembly on Environmental and Occupational Health (ATS SAEOH).
II. Objectives
- To promote discussion and evaluation studies concerned with the relation between environmental or occupational factors and respiratory health.
- To collect, interpret and disseminate information concerning the effects of the environment and occupation on respiratory tract.
- To idenitfy unsolved problems relating to the impact of the environment and occupation on respiratory health.
- To encourage communication among persons concerned with the impact of the environment on respiratory health.
- To develop workshops and symposia in environmental and occupational health.
- To promote the teaching of these subjects to students of the health sciences.
III. Scope
The following areas shall be emphasized by the Assembly:
Environmental lung disease related to air pollution, occupational exposure, tobacco smoke, and other environmental factors. Epidemiological and laboratory approaches will receive major emphasis.
