ES: Env Health

What types of hazards does toxicology deal with?

• biological and social

• chemical and physical

• human made

• natural disasters

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Which of the following types of people have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards?

• teenagers

• adults

• infants

• none

The process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm is called what?

• toxicology

• epidemiology

• dose-response relationship

• risk assessment

Infectious diseases are diseases caused by an organism such as a virus or a bacterium, which is called a:

• pathogen

• toxicant

• pandemic

• carcinogen

What is a disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time and is increasing rapidly called?

• environmental

• pandemic

• emerging

• infectious

What is any substance that poses a chemical hazard considered?

• VOC

• allergen

• carcinogen

• toxicant

What are chemicals that cause cancer called?

• carcinogen

• hazard

• teratogen

• neurotoxin

What hazards does epidemiology deal with?

• physical

• chemical

• social

• biological

What causes people to respond differently to environmental hazards

• sex

• weight

• health issues

• all are correct

What is a vector?

• pathogen

• organism that carries pathogen

• type of infectious disease

• type of emerging disease