MIEH 300 MIDTERM EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH 100% OUTLINED
ANSWERS
\.What is Environment - ANSWERS✔-all that is external to the individual host. It
can be divided into physical, chemical, biological, social, cultural factors, any or all
of which can influence health status in populations
\.What is Health? - ANSWERS✔-State of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
\.What is Environmental Health? - ANSWERS✔-Theory and practice of assessing,
correcting, controlling and preventing factors in the environment that can
adversely affect the health of present and future generations
\.Factors responsible for community health - ANSWERS✔-Individual factors,
individual behaviors, public services & infrastructures, living & working conditions,
social & economic & political factors
\.Environmental Health Factors - ANSWERS✔-Chemical, physical, biological,
social/cultural
, \.Exposure - ANSWERS✔-the contact between an agent and a receptor. The
contact takes place at an exposure surface over an exposure period
\.Exposure science - ANSWERS✔-the study of human contact with chemical,
physical, or biological agents occurring in their environments
\.Exposure assessment - ANSWERS✔-Determination or estimation of the
magnitude, frequency, duration, and route of exposure; characterization of
exposed population; characterization of uncertainty
\.Agent - ANSWERS✔-any chemical, biological, or physical stressor capable of
eliciting a biological response
\.Medium - ANSWERS✔-the environmental medium in which agent is found (air,
soil, water, food)
\.Pathway - ANSWERS✔-the course an agent takes from the source to the receptor
\.Route - ANSWERS✔-the way an agent enters a receptor after contact (e.g. by
ingestion, inhalation, dermal application)
\.single agent/stressor exposure - ANSWERS✔-exposure of a receptor to a single
specific agent or stressor in one environmental medium and one route of
exposure
QUESTIONS WITH 100% OUTLINED
ANSWERS
\.What is Environment - ANSWERS✔-all that is external to the individual host. It
can be divided into physical, chemical, biological, social, cultural factors, any or all
of which can influence health status in populations
\.What is Health? - ANSWERS✔-State of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
\.What is Environmental Health? - ANSWERS✔-Theory and practice of assessing,
correcting, controlling and preventing factors in the environment that can
adversely affect the health of present and future generations
\.Factors responsible for community health - ANSWERS✔-Individual factors,
individual behaviors, public services & infrastructures, living & working conditions,
social & economic & political factors
\.Environmental Health Factors - ANSWERS✔-Chemical, physical, biological,
social/cultural
, \.Exposure - ANSWERS✔-the contact between an agent and a receptor. The
contact takes place at an exposure surface over an exposure period
\.Exposure science - ANSWERS✔-the study of human contact with chemical,
physical, or biological agents occurring in their environments
\.Exposure assessment - ANSWERS✔-Determination or estimation of the
magnitude, frequency, duration, and route of exposure; characterization of
exposed population; characterization of uncertainty
\.Agent - ANSWERS✔-any chemical, biological, or physical stressor capable of
eliciting a biological response
\.Medium - ANSWERS✔-the environmental medium in which agent is found (air,
soil, water, food)
\.Pathway - ANSWERS✔-the course an agent takes from the source to the receptor
\.Route - ANSWERS✔-the way an agent enters a receptor after contact (e.g. by
ingestion, inhalation, dermal application)
\.single agent/stressor exposure - ANSWERS✔-exposure of a receptor to a single
specific agent or stressor in one environmental medium and one route of
exposure
