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| A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absesne of disease or infirmity. (176) |
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| An abnormal change in the body's conidition that impairs important physical or psychological functions. (176) |
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| External factors that cause disease, including elements of hte natural, social, cultural, and technological worlds in which we live. (176) |
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| Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) |
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| A measure of the impact of disease burden, combining premature deaths and loss of a healty life resulting form illness or disability. |
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| Disease-causing organism. (178) |
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| Diseases that are not previously known or that have been absent for at least 20 years. (178) |
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| Substances that activate the immune system. (183) |
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| Allergens that are recognized as foreign by white blood cells and stimuate the production of speific antibodies (proteins that recognize and bnd to foreign cells or chemicals). (183) |
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| A speical class of metabolic poinsons that specifically attack nerve cells (neurons). (185) |
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| Headaches, allergies, and chronic fatigue caused by poorly vented indore air contaminated by molds, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, formaldehyde, and other toxic checmals released by carpets, insulation, plastics, builing materials, and other sources. (183) |
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| Headaches, allergies, and chronic fatigue caused by poorly vented indore air contaminated by molds, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, formaldehyde, and other toxic checmals released by carpets, insulation, plastics, builing materials, and other sources. (183) |
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| Agents, such as chemicals and radiation, that damage or alter genetic material (DNA) in cells. (185) |
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| Chemicals or other factors that specifically cause abnormalities during embryonic growth and development. (185) |
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| A teratogen, caused by drinking during pregnancy, that develope during the fetal stage and continue to effect the child's entire life. (185) |
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| Substances that cause cancer. (185) |
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| Endocrine Hormone Disrupters |
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| Chemicals that disrupt normal endocrine hormone functions. |
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| The selective absorption and storage of ag reat variety of molecules by cells. (187) |
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| Occurs when the toxic burden of a large number of organisms at a lower trophic level is accumulated and concentrated by a predator in a higher trophic level. (187) |
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| Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) |
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| Chemical compounds that persist in the enviroment and retain biological activity for a long time. (187) |
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| An interaction which one substance exacerbates the effects of another. (189) |
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| A chemical dose lethal to 50 percent of a test population. (191) |
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| Effects caused by a single exposure to the toxin and result in an immediate health crisis. (191) |
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| Long-lasting, perhaps permanent effects from a toxin. (191) |
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| The probability of harm times the probablility of exposure. (192) |
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