Community Health
YELLOW = Quizlet
QUIZ 6 - Chapter 19,
20 (3/7)
Chapter 19 - Environmental Health
- Bioavailability: amount of substance that is absorbed / becomes available at site
of physiologic activity.
- Biomonitoring: process of measuring contaminants in blood / urine to determine
whether a person has been exposed to contaminant and how much exposure they have
received. → determining exposure to mercury vapor from manufacturing facility = form
of biomonitoring is collecting blood or urine.
YELLOW = Quizlet
QUIZ 6 - Chapter 19,
20 (3/7)
Chapter 19 - Environmental Health
- Bioavailability: amount of substance that is absorbed / becomes available at site
of physiologic activity.
- Biomonitoring: process of measuring contaminants in blood / urine to determine
whether a person has been exposed to contaminant and how much exposure they have
received. → determining exposure to mercury vapor from manufacturing facility = form
of biomonitoring is collecting blood or urine.
