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In the mid-1890’s, the discovery of which of the following aroused great public excitement and led to extensive human exposures before dangers were recognized?

By the 1960’s, the threat of infectious diseases seemed to have been reduced to a minor nuisance.

The first drug approved by the FDA specifically for the treatment of HIV/AIDS was Zidovudine (AZT).

The Institute of Medicine published a report called “Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance”, which refers to obestiy as

The eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome outbreak resembled an illness with similar symptoms that affected some 20,000 people in Spain as a result of what household item being contaminated?

Which of the following approaches is being used in this example:  An investigator selects the known cause and effect relationship wihich bring about coronary artery disease and uses these to investigate how multiple interventions can be used together to reduce incidence nd improve disease outcome.

Which of the following are uses of qualitative data in public health?

In West Virginia, residents reported an average of ten unhealthy days in the past 30 days.  In North Dakota, residents reported an average of four unhealthy days in that same period.  Which of the following is the most likely explanation?

The most commonly diagnosed behavior disorder of childhood is

With some diseases, even a single case amounts to an epidemic.