MBI 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Angioplasty, Gangrene, Stool Test
3 Oct 2016
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Factors that influence host susceptibility: preexisting medical conditions. Certain medical conditions and the treatments for them ca compromise the immune system. Environmental factors that affect disease development: external conditions that affect disease development constitute the environment . These can be physical, biological, social or combinations of these: examples of environmental factors that affect disease. Rotavirus vaccine has significantly reduced cases of diarrhea in daycare. Natural or manmade disasters affect public health infrastructure and inflict psychological trauma. Hurricane katrina: contaminated water infections, exposure to toxic chemicals, many people experienced ptsd, in one study a third of children in families displaced by katrina developed emotional or behavioral problems. See increased rates of birth defects, cancer, kidney disease, and cardiovascular and respiratory disease. Mountain top removal mining can increase both air and water pollution in local communities. Chapter 16 covers safety and health in the workplace.
