ENV250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Environmental Factor, Respiratory Disease, Indirect Costs
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Lecture 10. 2 notes cleaner, greener, healthier part i: the deaths and illness caused by environmental factors, but, this is complicated . Identify the increased risk of an outcome the risk that you will get a certain disease. Identify the population"s exposure how much of the chemical they are being exposed to. Identify the dose-response relationship how much of the chemical will cause a response/illness. Yes: who estimates that 36,800 canadian deaths a year are environmental, 13% of overall burden of disease in canada, less than global but still a lot! Cancer is a leading cause of sickness and death in canada : almost 50% of canadians will get cancer, congenital disorders (table 3. 3, 5-15% are caused by environmental factors. So : our environment is making us sick, or worse, its killing us, best available science, but we still need more information. In canada, we need to know more about .
