PUBHLTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 51: Hypercholesterolemia, Gastroenteritis, Immunodeficiency
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Lecture: 10 years: identification major risks factors: high bp, high blood cholesterol, smoking, hdl, ldl, . Public health in the news public health and terrorism: emergency responses: factory explosions, earthquakes, hurricanes, train crashes , september 11, october 2 and 4: inhalation of anthrax confirmed\mailroom, october 15: letter with powder, anthrax spores, prophylactic antibiotic therapy. John snow and cholera: cholera epidemics in london, mid 1850s, suspected an association with water supply, which came from the thames river, natural experiment , questioned households where a cholera death had occurred, most deaths associated with one company. Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome: 1981: madrid /spain similar to ems, more than 20 000 people/ more than 300 died, households bought oil for cooking from salesperson (oil for industry purposes) Epidemiology is often described as the basic science of public health, and for good reason. First, epidemiology is a quantitative discipline that relies on a working knowledge of probability, statistics, and sound research methods.
