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| the practice of establishing and maintain healthy or hygienic conditions in the environment |
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| factors or conditions in the environment that increase the risk of human injury disease, or death |
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| the study and management of environmental conditions that affect the health and well-being of humans |
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| living organisms (and viruses) or their products that increase the risk of disease or death in humans |
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| a disease transmitted through contamination of drinking water (eg. Typhoid fever) |
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| a disease transmitted through the contamination of food (salmonellosis) |
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| communicable disease transmitted by insects or other arthropods (St. Louis Encephalitis) |
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| foodborne disease outbreak |
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| the occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illness resulting from the ingestion of food |
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| vectorborne disease outbreak |
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| occurrence of two or more cases of a vectorborne disease |
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| waterborne disease outbreak |
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| a disease in which at least two persons experience a similar illness after the ingestion of drinking water or after exposure to water used for recreational purposes and epidemiologic evidence implicates water as the probable source of the illness |
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| a systemic, bacterial, tickborne disease with symptoms that include dermatologic, arthritic, neurologic, and cardiac abnormalities. |
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| a pesticide that kills insects. |
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| pesticide that kills plants |
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| synthetic chemicals developed and manufactured for the purpose of killing pests. |
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| naturally occurring mineral element found throughout the environment and used in large quantities for industrial products. |
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| colorless tasteless odorless gas formed by the radioactive decay of uranium 238 |
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| radiation energy with wavelengths of 0-400 nm |
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| the initial phase of the population growth S curve when growth is slow |
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| the middle phase of the population growth S curve when the birth rate is greater than the death rate |
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| the last phase of the population growth S curve when the birth and death rates are equal. |
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| an injury that in purposely inflicted either by the victim or by another |
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| an injury that occurred without anyone intending that harm be done |
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| behavior that would increase the probability of an injury occurring |
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| an injury causing any restriction of normal activity beyond the day of the injury’s occurrence. |
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| the process of seeking justice for injury through courts |
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| injury prevention education |
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| the process of changing people’s health-directed behavior so as to reduce unintentional injuries. |
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| the enactment and enforcement of laws to control conduct |
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| automatic (passive ) protection |
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| the modification of a product or environment so as to reduce unintentional injuries |
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| an act or failure to act by a parent caretaker or other person as defined under state law that results in physical abuse, neglect, medical neglect, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, or an act or failure to act that presents an imminent risk of serious harm to a child. |
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| the intentional physical, emotional, verbal, or sexual mistreatment of a minor |
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| the failure of a parent or guardian to care for or otherwise provide the necessary subsistence for a child |
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| the use of physical force by one family member against another, with the intent to hurt, injure or cause death. |
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| Intimate partner violence |
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| rape, physical assault, or stalking perpetrated by current or former dates, spouses, or cohabitating partners. |
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| an abnormal condition, other than an occupational injury, caused by an exposure to environmental factors associated with employment |
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| an injury that results from exposure to a single incident in the work environment |
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| workers’ compensation laws |
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| a set of federal laws designed to compensate those workers and their families who suffer injuries, disease, or death from workplace exposure |
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| In which government departments are NIOSH and OSHA located? |
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| OSHA is located in the Dept. of Labor; NIOSH is located CDC of the Dept of Health and Human services |
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| acute or chronic lung disease caused by the deposition of asbestos fibers on the lungs |
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| byssinosis, Brown lung disease |
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| acute or chronic lung disease caused by the inhalation of cotton flex, or hemp dusts. |
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| acute or chronic lung disease caused by the inhalation of free crystalline silica |
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| fibrotic lung disease caused by the inhalation of dusts, especially mineral dusts. |
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| coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, Black lung |
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| acute and chronic lung disease caused by the inhalation of coal dusts. |
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| a safety professional employed by a company for the purpose of reducing unintentional injuries in the workplace |
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| certified safety professionals |
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| a health and safety professional, trained in industrial and workplace safety, who has met specific requirements for board certification. |
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| safety professionals with responsibility for developing plans for coping with radiation accidents. |
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| health professionals concerned with health hazards in the workplace and with recommending plans for improving the healthiness of workplace environments. |
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