pcm 5 Flashcards
Highest PUFA content is found in
Soyabean oil
Vitamin K is given to every child
At birth
IOC for iron deficiency anemia
serrum ferritin
Most essential fatty acid
linoleic acid
Fatty acid found exclusively in breast milk
Docosa hexanoic acid
Protein content of breast milk in 100ml
1.1 gm
Vit D defeciency in children - rickets
Vit D defeciency in adults - osteomalacia
Recommended daily energy intake of an adult woman with heavy work is
2900 Kcal
Burning sole syndrome is seen in defeciency of
pantothenic acid
Twin fortified salt contains
Iodine + iron
Shakir’s tape is a useful method employed in the field to measure
mid arm circumference
Nalgonda technique is used for
defluoridation of water
How much amount of energy is yielded by 1 ml of alcohol in the body -
7 cal
For adult indian male daily requirement of protein is expressed as
1gm/kg body wgt
Lysine is defecient in
Wheat
Limiting amino acid in wheat
Lysine
Maize is defecient in
Methionene
Earliest feature of vitamin A defeciency -
dryness of conjunctiva
To prevent congenital neural tube defect
Folic acid
Daily requirement of vit D in children
200IU
Vitamindefeciency disease occurs in maize eating population
Pellagra -niacin-vitB3
Daily requirement of Iodine for adults is placed
150 microgram
Level of fluoride in drinking water
0.5-0.8 mg / litre
Level of fluorine in drinking water associated with dental fluorosis
2.0 mg/l
Micronutrient associated with rash & diarhea
Zinc
In Egg white contributes
58%
Egg are reference protein because
increased biological value & NPU
Egg is defecient in
Carbohydrate
One egg yield about Kcal of energy
70
Child is exclusively fed on cow’s milk defeciency seen is
Iron
Compared with cow’s milk,mothers milk has more
lactose
Tomatoes are rich in
Oxalic acid
Maximum calcium is seen in
Ragi
Para boiling of rice reduces
Beri-beri
Dates are rich source of -
Iron
Highest calorie content is found in
Banana
Maximum calories per 100gm are in
Jaggery
Epidemic dropsy is caused by
Sanguinarine
Richest source of cholesterol is
Egg
Indian referance man is
60 kg
Dental carries is due to defeciency of
Fluorine
Microcytic anemia
B12 defeciency
Socially attained behaviour is
Culture
Poverty line can be defined in terms of
daily calorie intake
Acculturation means
culture contact
Society is a
system of relation between individuals
Severe mental retardation children has IQ
20-34
IQ=35-47 - profound mental retardation
IQ of 42 falls in - moderate mental retard
IQ with 62 will come under - Mild MR
Moderate mental retardation - IQ35-49
Tiger mosquito
aedes
Amount of bleaching powder required for disinfection of 1000 litre of water
2.5 grams
Target for daily use of water in rural areas in India is
40 litres per capita
Propogative type of biological transmission
plague
Cyclopropagative type of transmission
malaria
Cyclo developmental biological transmission
filariasis
Minimum recomended residual chlorine level in drinking water
0.5 ppm - 1 hour
Chlorine required for Swimming pool sanitation
1.0 mg/litre
Chlorine required for Drinking water to kill cyclops
2.0 md per litre
Anti - adult mosquito insecticide
DDT
Rest parallel to under surface of water
Anopheles
Rest perpendicular to under surface of water
Culex
Rest in dark bottom corners
Aedes
Rest attached to rootlets of plants
Mansonia
Kata thermometer is used to assess
air cooling power
Nitrates in drinking water indicates
remote pollution
Maximum permissible dose of radiation exposure for human beings
5 rad per person per year
Temporary hardness of water is due to presence of
Ca+ & Mg Bicarbonates
Most reliable evidence of fecal contamination of water is provided by
Coliform bacteria
Most undesirable metal in drinking water is
Lead
DOC for scabies
5% permethrin
Normal life span of mosquito
8-34 days
Solid waste from kitchen is called
Garbage
Purest water in nature is
Rain water
Ortho-toludine test is done to detect
free & combined chlorine in water
In fresh bleaching powder available chlorine is
33%
One tablet of chlorine is effective to disinfect how much quantity of water
20L
Criteria for safe drinking water
pH 6.5-8.5
Criteria for problem village
no water source in a distance of 1.6km from
community/water is more than depth of 15 metre/there is no excess of Na+,K+,F+.
Chlorine demand is measured by
Horrock’s apparatus
Recommended hardness of water
50-150
Number of air changes in one hour in a drawing room should be atleast
2
Best parameter to measure air pollution
SO2
Indoor air pollution carbon monoxide is produced by
stove/gas heater/combustion equipment
The decibels above which auditory fatigue occurs
85db
Exposure to noise above which decibels cause permanent loss of hearing
160 db
Acceptable noise level is
85 dB
Pain in the ear occurs at
140dB
Repeated exposure to which decibels cause permanent deafness
100dB
Upper limit of exposure to noise upto which there is no damage to hearing
100dB
Waste water without human excreta is called
sullage
The sewage ground water is disposed by
Activated sludge process
If land is available the ideal method of disposal is
Controlled tipping
Trickling filter is used in
secondary treatment of sewage
Sullage in rural area is disposed by
Gobar gas plant
Water not containing faeces
Sullage
Disease transmitted by louse
epidemic typhus/trench fever
Aedes egypti transmits
dengue/filaria/yellow fever
Vector borne disease
typhus/dengue/J.E
