Environmental Health Pathway Flashcards
1
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Components of the EHS pathway
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Source –> Emissions –> Concentration –> Exposure –> Dose –> Health Effects
2
Q
Source
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Activity that releases pollutant into the environment
3
Q
Emissions
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Rate of release of pollutant
4
Q
Concentration
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Fate + transport of pollutant in specific environment
5
Q
Exposure
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Interaction of pollutant, people, and time
6
Q
Dose
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Biologically relevant component of exposure
7
Q
Health Effects
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PB HLTH failure; impact of an exposure
8
Q
What are the upstream influences?
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9
Q
When is the linear pathway wrong?
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When one factor early on directly affects the public’s health
10
Q
Exposure vs. concentration
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Exposure = organism-level components, how it affects humans
Concentration = environmental component, how it affects the environment
