See Also: environment and public health(medicine)
health facility environment(medicine)
environment(medicine)
environment(dictionary)
Environment(money)
Environment(health)
isotropic environment(medicine)
social environment(medicine)
built environment(dictionary)
environment, controlled(medicine)

Environment (health)


The sum of the total of the elements, factors and conditions in the surroundings which may have an impact on the development, action or survival of an organism or group of organisms. The environment is as opposed to genetics. We are the product of our genetic inheritance and our environment.