fieldshealth
Fieldshealth is an interdisciplinary domain that studies the interactions between physical field phenomena and human health. It investigates how spatially and temporally varying fields—such as electromagnetic, gravitational, acoustic, and mechanical field patterns—affect biological systems, and how engineered fields can influence health outcomes in medical, environmental, and occupational contexts. The field integrates biophysics, health physics, epidemiology, engineering, and clinical science to quantify exposures, explore mechanisms, and evaluate interventions.
Origins and scope: The term has grown from converging interests in environmental and occupational exposure to
Methods: Fieldshealth employs laboratory experiments, clinical studies, and observational research coupled with computational modeling, dosimetry, and
Applications: The field informs risk assessment of environmental and occupational fields, guides the development of field-based
Criticism and challenges: Fieldshealth faces issues of replicability, heterogeneity in exposure metrics, and regulatory uncertainty. Critics
See also: Biophysics, Health physics, Electromagnetic fields and health, Medical physics.