NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
TOXICOLOGY
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study of how harmful a material is on organisms
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study of how disease spreads and their origins
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study chemicals to see how harmful they are
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study skin cancer rates only
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term ‘epidemiology’ comes from three Greek words-epi, meaning on or upon, demos, meaning people, and logos, meaning the study of. It is a branch of science that studies the distribution and spread of a disease in a population, and applies this understanding towards control of public health problems.
Detailed explanation-2: -Epidemiology is the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why. Epidemiological information is used to plan and evaluate strategies to prevent illness and as a guide to the management of patients in whom disease has already developed.
Detailed explanation-3: -what is infectious disease epidemiology? Infectious disease epidemiology is the study of how and why infectious diseases emerge and spread among different populations, and what strategies can prevent or contain the spread of disease at the population level.
Detailed explanation-4: -Epidemiology is the method used to find the causes of health outcomes and diseases in populations.