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Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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What is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the US

A

Tobacco use

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2
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COPD deaths to to smoking is

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%80

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3
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Tobacco and caffeine interactions

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Tobacco and 3+ cups of coffee per day speed up the same enzymes needed to clear caffeine

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4
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What is the most widely psychoactive drug in the US

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1 drug problem in America

Alcohol

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5
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Who is mostly like to use alcohol

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Whites, full time employed adults, but heavier use in unemployed.

Use increases with education

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6
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What is the number 1 rape drug?

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Alcohol

Contributes to intentional violence

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7
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Drug abuse is

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Non medically approved purpose, continued use of legal drugs when knowing its hazardous

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8
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Males are how much more likely to use marijuana

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2x

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9
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What is the comprehensive drugs abuse act of 1970?

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Controlled substances

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10
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What is the most abused illicit drug

A

Marijuana

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11
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What is the most widely abused narcotic?

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Heroin

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12
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What is synesthesia

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A mixing of the senses

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13
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What type of drug does tolerance build quickly?

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Stimulants

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14
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Club drugs are mainly

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Synthetic

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15
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The controlled substances analogue act of 1986 is

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Designed to reduce the flow of designer drugs

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16
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Which drugs are most likely used by youths

A

Inhalants

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17
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Brown lung disease is from what

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Inhalation of dust from cotton, flax, hemp

Textile workers

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18
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What is byssinosis

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Brown lung disease associated with textile factory workers

19
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What is the number 1 cause of accidental poisoning deaths in the US

A

Carbon monoxide

20
Q

Odorless and colorless gas that is the #2 cause of lung cancer overall

A

1 cause of lung cancer in non smokers

RADON

21
Q

Odorless and flavorless

A

Arsenic
Large amounts= kill fast

Small amounts= long term slow death and other illness

22
Q

What is the first stage of arsenic poisoning

A

Metallic taste in mouth

23
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What is the second stage of arsenic poisoning

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Garlic like breath

Final stage is death bc kidney fails

24
Q

Pregnant women should not consume how many ounces of tuna per week?

A

No more than 7 oz

25
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Mercury is a

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Neurotoxin

Damages brain and kidneys

26
Q

Lead affects

A

Children MC, more than 400,000 kids under 6

HIGHLY TOXIC

Paint/batteries

27
Q

What is the biggest symptom of lead poisoning

A

BLUE GUMS

Brain is MC organ

28
Q

Aluminum does accumulate in the body’s tissues and

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Toxic to the brain and nervous system

29
Q

What is the biggest source of aluminum

A

Municipal water supplies

30
Q

What poisoning mimics symptoms of Alzheimer’s

A

Aluminum

31
Q

When did PCB’s get banned

A

1977

32
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Dioxins are a group of chemicals released in the government from forest fires, burning trash etc.

A

Agent orange is an example

33
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What type of toxin accumulate in the fatty tissue of animals

A

Dioxins and PCB’s

34
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How are humans exposed to dioxins and PCB’s

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90% through food

Dioxins 7-11 yrs

PCB’s 8-15yrs

Half life’s

35
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Who is it most important to avoid Dioxin and PCB

A

Girls and young women, to decrease exposure to fetus

36
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How do we get most of the Bisphenol A aka (BPA)

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Mainly canned foods, liquids stored or heated in plastic

Low semen quality, abnormal brain development

37
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When did they ban BPA bottles for children

A

2011

Never microwave plastic

Avoid plastics with #7

38
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DDT was banned when?

A

1972 in the US

Worldwide in 2004

15yrs to break down

Atmospheric deposition is the new contaminate in the Great Lakes

39
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What is the half life of DDT in humans

A

8 years

40
Q

What is the second MC pesticide in the US

A

Atrazine

Roundup is #1

41
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Where is atrazine MC used

A

Midwest

Contaminated i streams and ground water

42
Q

DES was prescribed for who?

A

Pregnant women between 1940-1971

5-10 million Americans were exposed

43
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DES caused what

A

Increased breast cancer in moms

40x risk for clear cell adenocarcinoma for the daughters

2x risk for breast cancer and fertility problems for daughters

44
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DES sons suffered from what

A

Testicular abnormalities

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