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moongchi

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An outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness from a food-borne pathogen is an example of a/an:
 
  1. Attack rate
  2. Point epidemic
  3. Secular trend
  4. Event-related cluster

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There are three broad categories of social determinants. One is social institutions.. This refers to:
 
  1. Neighborhoods, workplaces, towns, and cities
  2. Positions in the social hierarchy
  3. Cultural and religious institutions, economic systems, and political structures
  4. Conceptual frameworks



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Answer to Question 1

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One temporal and spatial pattern of disease distribution is the point epidemic. A point epidemic is most clearly seen when the frequency of cases is plotted against time. The sharp peak charac-teristic of such graphs indicates a concentration of cases in some short interval of time.

Answer to Question 2

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Social institutions refers to cultural and religious institutions, economic systems, and political structures.



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