Chapter 13: Epidemiologic Aspects of Work & the Environment Flashcards
1
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What is environmental epidemiology?
A
the study of relationships between environmental factors and adverse health outcomes that occur in the population
2
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What are brown lung disease/byssinosis?
A
a type of lung disease; work related condition linked w/ inhalation of cotton dust
3
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What is confounding?
A
the masking of an association between an exposure and an outcome of interest b/c of the influence of a 3rd factor.
4
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healthy worker effect?
A
a theory that healthy workers are less likely to have a lower mortality rate than the general population
