Many basic principles of epidemiologic studies can be applied to the field of environmental health for environmental epidemiology to help determine whether the environment is affecting people's health.
What is environmental epidemiology?
A) Focus on the amount of a contaminant that actually ends up in the community
B) Monitoring the results of medical tests to determine whether a person has been exposed to a contaminant
C) Focus on the incidence and prevalence of disease or illness in a population from exposures in their environments
D) Monitoring of the number of adverse effects of chemical, physical, or biological agents on people, animals, and the environment
Question 2
The information gained from environmental epidemiologic studies can be very helpful in trying to identify whether an exposure or what particular exposures have made people ill. What is a major challenge to most
environmental epidemiology studies?
A) Resource intensive in terms of personnel and money
B) Period between exposure and illness can be very short
C) Limited understanding of how exposure to one contaminant can make people ill
D) Limited availability of data on individual contaminant effect on people's health
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