EHS CH 1-2 – Flashcards
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Currently, the number of years required for the world's population to double is approximately:
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43 years
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Why do children in comparison with adults represent a group that is especially vulnerable to environmental hazards? Choose the incorrect answer.
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They spend more time indoors.
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The epidemiologic risk transition is characterized by a:
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Growing burden of chronic, degenerative diseases
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The author of On Airs, Waters, and Places was:
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Hippocrates
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The contributions of epidemiology to environmental health include:
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All of the above
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Which of the following outcomes is not usually associated with world population growth?
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Prosperity
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Environmental health science is concerned with agent, host, and environmental factors in disease (the epidemiologic triangle). What statement below is true about the triangle?
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All of the above are true
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Those members of the population who are capable of developing a disease or condition are known as:
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The population at risk
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Which of the following activities characterizes the epidemiologic approach (as opposed to the clinical approach)?
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Study of cancer occurrence in populations
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John Snow, in Snow on Cholera:
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Was an English anesthesiologist who used natural experiments in the study of a Cholera outbreak
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Stage 1 of the demographic transition demonstrates:
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Fertility and mortality rates are high
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On Airs, Waters, and Places was significant because it:
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Emphasized the role of the environment in people's health
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The natural population replacement fertility rate in the U.S. is estimated to be :
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2.1 births per woman
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Sir Percival Pott, who wrote Chirurgical Observations Relative to...:
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Was a London surgeon who identified an environmental cause of cancer
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Examples of purely observational epidemiologic studies do not usually include:
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Experimental studies
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Which of the following statements is UNTRUE about ecosystems?
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Human beings are not considered to be a part of ecosystems.
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The legal profession has virtually no relevance to the environmental health field. True or False?
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False
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Environmental health comprises those aspects of human health that are determined by:
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All of the above
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The effects of rapid growth of the world's population include:
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All of the above
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The environment plays a role in human health through associations with:
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All of the above
