PB HLTH 150B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Environmental Health, Median Toxic Dose, Alice Hamilton
22 Oct 2018
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A process to identify populations exposed to specific toxicants, toxins, infectious agents, or work conditions and exam the source, magnitude, frequency and duration of such exposures. The study of how toxicants and toxins produce injury that results in adverse health effects once they enter the body. Home, school, public spaces, parks, gyms, hospitals. The health of the population as a whole, especially as monitored, regulated, and promoted by the state. How environment influences human health and disease. A quantitative research method for the study of the distribution and determinants of health outcomes in human populations. A tool for documenting analyzing associations between environmental health hazards and health effects. How does it intersect with public health: disease can be initiated or sustained by adverse environmental conditions, disease can be improved by healthy environments, interaction of people with their environments is an important component of pb. Poisons: agents capable of producing an adverse response in a biological system.
