HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Persistent Organic Pollutant, Fetus, Disease Surveillance
9 Dec 2012
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Epidemiology: study of what is common among people. 1854: case of the broad street pump, people who died from cholera within a month. People were drinking from the broad street pump. Bernadino ramiazzini: father of occupational health and medicine. Florence nightingale: pioneer of nursing, strong advocate of hygiene. More men dying from diseases in the hospital rather than staying on battle field. Frances kelsey: responsible for stopping sales of thalidomide (drug given during pregnancy, helps them sleep) exposure of this drug to the fetus would have cause defects. Hosts: target population of who can become ill (plants, living things etc) Agent: method contributing to cause of that illness. Environment : mechanism that makes the agent work and exposes itself. Establishing etiology : population characteristics, assumption, tests, cultural considerations, conclusion. Study of distribution and determinants of health-related states in specified populations, and the applications of this study to control of health problems .
