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Biological Hazard | ESCI 101 - INTRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, Quizzes of Environmental Science

Class: ESCI 101 - INTRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; Subject: Environmental Science; University: SUNY College of Technology at Canton; Term: Fall 2011;

Typology: Quizzes

2011/2012

Uploaded on 02/19/2012

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TERM 1
Annual Distribution of Deaths Developed
Countries
DEFINITION 1
Cancer 33%, injuries 3%, cardiovascular 33%, unknown 24%,
communicable disease 3%
TERM 2
Annual Distribution of Deaths Developing
Countries
DEFINITION 2
Cancer 6%, injuries 8%, cardiovascular 19%, unknown 13%,
communicable 54%
TERM 3
Cultural Hazards
DEFINITION 3
consequences of choice and risky behavior
TERM 4
Morbidity
DEFINITION 4
incidence of disease in a population
TERM 5
Mortality
DEFINITION 5
incidence of death in a population
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Annual Distribution of Deaths Developed

Countries

Cancer 33%, injuries 3%, cardiovascular 33%, unknown 24%, communicable disease 3% TERM 2

Annual Distribution of Deaths Developing

Countries

DEFINITION 2 Cancer 6%, injuries 8%, cardiovascular 19%, unknown 13%, communicable 54% TERM 3

Cultural Hazards

DEFINITION 3 consequences of choice and risky behavior TERM 4

Morbidity

DEFINITION 4 incidence of disease in a population TERM 5

Mortality

DEFINITION 5 incidence of death in a population

Epidemiology

study of presence, distribution, and control of disease in a population TERM 7

Non-Threshold response

DEFINITION 7 any exposure to an agent results in damage TERM 8

Threshold Response

DEFINITION 8 exposure to an agent below a defined level will not result in permanent damage TERM 9

In order for a chemical to cause damage it

must

DEFINITION 9 act topically, Remove a substance vital to life ,Enter an organism interior or cells to disrupt normal function TERM 10

Chemical hazard due to industrialization

DEFINITION 10 Exposure through ingestion, inhalation, absorption through skin (to be presented in a later unit) ,May be direct use or accidental ,Many chemicals are toxic at low levels