PB HLTH 150B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bromomethane, Environmental Epidemiology, Health Assessment
22 Oct 2018
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Methyl bromide: pesticide that is toxic and prone to drift. Participants from chammacos (center for the health assessment of mother and children of salinas) Women interviewed at 3 different times during their pregnancy. Gis used to determine how much methyl bromide. Exposure like personal habits, socioeconomic factors, nutritional status, politial and legal context, and genotype are often treated as. Odds ratio (or)= odds of disease among the exposed/odds of disease among the unexposed. Relative risk(rr)= risk among the exposed/risk among the unexposed. If or/rr=1 risk is the same in the exposed and unexposed. If or/rr >1 risk is higher in the exposed than the unexposed. If or/rr <1 risk is lower in the exposed than the unexposed (protective factor) Reference dose(rfd): an estimate of the dailt acute or chronic exposure that is likely to be without risk of adverse effects.
