NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
TOXICOLOGY
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Study of the patterns of disease or other harmful effects from toxic exposure within defined groups of people to find out why some people get sick and some do not
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Toxicology
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pathology
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phrenology
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epidemiology
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Epidemiology is the method used to find the causes of health outcomes and diseases in populations.
Detailed explanation-2: -In a cross-sectional study, exposure information and health-effects information are collected at the same time. The selection of people for the study-unlike selection for cohort and case-control studies-is independent of exposure to the agent and of health-effects characteristics.
Detailed explanation-3: -Abstract. Environmental epidemiology is the study of the distribution and environmental determinants of disease. This observational science relies upon events occurring within human populations, so-called natural experiments, from which inference is drawn to identify causes of disease.
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