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| How much of total burden of disease is due to environment? |
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| WHO definition of environmental health |
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| aspects of human health, including quality of life, that are determined by physical, chemical, biological, social, and pyschosocial factors in the environment |
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| NEHA definition of environmental health |
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| protection against environmental factors that may adversly impact human health or ecological balances essential to long term human health and environmental quality |
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| Decline in US waterborne disease risks has correlated with what? |
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Definition
| introduction of filtration (1908) and chlorination (1913) |
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| relation of development with air pollution |
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Definition
| increase development leads to increase air polution |
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| Compare where the most indoor and outdoor air deaths are occuring in the world |
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- indoor- developin world (SSA)
- outdoor- developed nations (China, Russia)
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| effect of fine particles on health |
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Definition
- increase CVD, stroke
- increase lung disease, asthma, CODP
- increase lung CA
- increase pneumonia in kids
- decrease lung development in kids
- decrease neurological development in kids
- increase LBW, SIDS
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| environmental health transition |
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Definition
- first stage- pre or early industrial
- sanitation issues
- biological pathogens
- indoor smokes
- second stage- moderate industrial development
- intense chemical contamination
- thrid stage- advanced industrial development
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Term
| levels of organization in environmental health |
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Definition
- household
- sanitation
- indoor fuels
- cottage industry
- chemical appreciation
- local
- sanitation
- industrial emissions
- municipal and hazardous waste sites
- regional and global
- ozone
- acid rain
- water use
- ozone depletion
- global climate change
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- some infrared radiation pass through atmosphere, but most is absorbed and reemitted in all directions by greenhouse gas molecules and clouds
- this leads to warmin the earths surface and the lower atmosphere as well
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| effect of climate change policies |
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Definition
- improve public health
- human nutrition
- human movement
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