Toxicology and Epidemiology

Toxicology is the study of the harmful effects of

• substances on organisms

• viruses on food

• pollutants on the environment

• antibiotics on viruses

Toxicity is

• the study of poisons

• the study of how drugs interact

• the extent to which a substance is poisonous

• the study of how poisons affects organisms

Toxicology is the study of what?

• Disease

• poisons

• parasites

• death

_______________ is the study of drugs and poisons, and their interactions with or effects on the body

• Serology
• Toxicology
• Entomology

• Drugology

After an outbreak of an illness, scientists use epidemiology to try to find

• the origin of the disease

• how the disease spreads

• how to prevent the disease from spreading

• all of these answers

People’s actions cause some disease-causing bacteria to become

• unaffected by radiation

• extinct

• resistant to antibiotics

• emerging viruses

Any virus, bacteria, fungi, or parasite that can cause a disease in a living thing is called a

• cancer.

• pathogen.

• gene.

• toxin.

What is an infectious disease?

• A disease that cannot be spread to others.

• A disease that can be spread to others.

• A disease that can only be spread by mosquitoes.

• A disease that can be caused by disinfectants.

Health care experts who study trends in health issues in populations and deploy public announcements, education initiatives, and protocols to protect the health of the nation.

• epidemiologists

• dermatologists

• medical examiners

• immunologist

A sudden increase of a specific disease

• Epidemic
• Pandemic
• Outbreak
• Contagion