Question

Assessing an Environmental Hazard

1.Describe a study that could be used to evaluate an environmental agent: What is the agent and health effect of interest?

2.Develop a hypothesis regarding this hazard. How would you relate exposure (or dose) to an outcome?

3.Discuss the types of data that you will need to assess exposure and outcome. How would you assess if there is a relationship? Discuss how you would analyze the data.

Answer 1

Answer :

A study related to tobacco smoking .

Environmental agent : tobacco smoking

Health effects :

Tobacco smoking is a major health issue in world wide

There are many health problems will occur due to tobacco smoking such as hypertension, CVD 's , lung cancers and other health related diseases.

It has the major effect on the morbidity and mortality of population .

Social problems are also more and drug dependency will affect the growth of people financially , physically ,socially etc.

2) hypothesis : tobacco smoking causes lung cancer

Outcome : early interventions will decreases morbidity and mortality of lung cancer

3) We should collect past and present history of tobacco smoking including such as from how long the people exposed to tobacco smoking ,factors which influencing tobacco smoke ,family history of tobacco Environmental conditions for tobacco smoking etc