association between memory and moderate alcohol consumption - answer The relative
risk of memory problems in moderate alcohol drinkers (1 drink per day) is 0.52
compared to non-drinkers. What is the conclusion that can be drawn?
Cohort Study - answer “The Nurses' Health Study is among the largest and longest
running investigations of factors that influence women's health. Started in 1976 and
expanded in 1989, the information provided by the 238,000-dedicated nurse-
participants has led to many new insights on health and disease. "What type of
epidemiological study is The Nurses' Health Study?
West Nile Virus, Hantavirus, Rabies - answer Which is an example of a Zoonotic
disease you could contract in Utah?
Intravenous drug use, accidental needle stick in a hospital - answer For HIV, which
means of transmission would be best described as indirect and horizontal?
direct, horizontal - answer Sexual activity is a route of infection for the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). How would this mode of transmission be best
described?
hand-washing - answerWhat intervention did Ignaz Semmelweis propose to prevent
deaths due to "child-bed fever" in 1846 (before there was a good understanding of the
link between bacteria and disease).
fomites - answerDoorknobs are considered ___________; they are inanimate objects
that serve as a means of transmission.
epidemiology - answer"The study of the sources, causes, and distribution of diseases
and disorders that produce illness and death in humans" is the definition of
Vaccines - answerWhooping cough can be treated with antibiotics and prevented with a
vaccine. Which intervention is best for establishing herd immunity in a community?
Pandemic - answerWhat is the best term for a disease that spreads across a wide
geographic area?
Propagated - answerIs whooping cough an example of a propagated or a common-
source epidemic?
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