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Volcanoes are an example of what physical environment? - ANSWER

✔✔Unaltered/natural


Motor vehicle injuries are an example of what physical environment? -

ANSWER ✔✔Built


Mercury contamination in the Great Lakes is an example of what

physical environment? - ANSWER ✔✔Altered

,A chemical is absorbed through the digestive tract but not the skin is an

example of which of the following that affect the impact of an exposure?

a. route of exposure

b. timing of exposure

c. stage of life

d. presence of other disease


e. special sensitivities - ANSWER ✔✔route of exposure


Small amount of exposure may produce an allergic reaction in a small

number of people is an example of which of the following that affect the

impact of an exposure?

a. route of exposure

b. timing of exposure

c. stage of life

d. presence of other disease


e. special sensitivities - ANSWER ✔✔special sensitivities


Daily, low dose exposure may produce different impacts than short-term,

high dose exposure is an example of which of the following that affect

the impact of an exposure?

,a. route of exposure

b. timing of exposure

c. stage of life

d. presence of other disease


e. special sensitivities - ANSWER ✔✔timing of exposure


Chemical X in plastics is found to double the frequency of asthma when

inhaled for more than 2 hours per day at greater than 2ppm

a. risk assessment

b. ecological assessment

c. interaction analysis

d. systems analysis


e. public health assessment - ANSWER ✔✔risk assessment


Chemical X enters a small river and is ingested by fish and reduces

reproduction rate

a. Risk assessment

b. Ecological assessment

c. Interaction analysis

d. Systems analysis

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, e. Public health assessment - ANSWER ✔✔ecological assessment


Impact of Chemical X is greater when there is exposure to Chemical Y at

the same time

a. risk assessment

b. ecological assessment

c. interaction analysis

d. systems analysis


e. public health assessment - ANSWER ✔✔interaction analysis


All of the following are true of lead as an environmental hazard except:

a. Exposure to lead may come from food, water, air

b. Paint in toys as a source

c. Paint in homes is no longer a source because lead is not allowed in

paint

d. The higher the blood lead levels, the more severe the biological

effects of lead poisoning - ANSWER ✔✔paint in homes is no longer a

source because lead is not allowed in paint

Why is it more difficult to measure the effect of toxic substances on

population health?

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