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A PHN has a patient that has multiple medical issues that have developed over time. The nurse suspects that the issues are due to working in a chemical plant. The plant was monitored carefully, but a direct cause of his illness will be difficult to prove
 
  A. Safety records of the plant do not pertain to the health records of the patient.
  B. The patient has medical problems that could be caused by lifestyle decisions.
  C. Toxic substances often have thresholds below which exposures do not present human health risks but above which can prove to have adverse and sometimes fatal consequences.
  D. Some toxic substances are difficult to trace in medical tests.

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A family does preconception testing for early identification of cerebral palsy to make childbearing decisions by using genetic markers. The PHN recognizes that this area of study is called
 
  A. The Human Genome Project
  B. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
  C. Ecological epidemiology
  D. Genomics


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srodz

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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D


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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Excellent

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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