Environmental hazards Flashcards
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What is environmental epidemiology
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Environmental epidemiology is the branch of epidemiology concerned with the discovery of the environmental exposures that contribute to or protect against injuries, illnesses, developmental conditions, disabilities, and deaths; and identification of public health and health care actions to manage the risks associated with harmful exposures.
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Describe the social-ecological model of health
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Centre is age, sex, and constitutuinal factors. Around this is individual lifestyle factors. Then, soical and community networks. After this, os living and working conditions, around this is general socia-economic, cultural, and environmental conditions
