Exam 8: The Environment and Health

Ambient particulate matter pollution is a major risk factor for:

Ambient particulate matter itself is estimated to be responsible for about what percentage of global deaths?

Improved sanitation most reduces the burden of:

Waterborne infections refer to:

Estimates suggest that the burden of disease attributable to environmental risk factors is approximately:

Which is likely to produce the least cost per DALY averted?

Poor ventilation of indoor smoke from cooking with biofuels is associated with:

Environmental health can best be thought of as:

Which of the following infections are waterborne?

Household air pollution is a major risk factor for:

Which approach is likely to lead to the biggest effect in reducing environmental pollution in a low-income country?

Which measure would reduce the burden of ambient particulate matter pollution?

Which of the following is closely linked with environmental risk factors?

A key aim of a total sanitation program is to eliminate:

The "ladder of sanitation, as income grows for a poor family in a low-income country is best represented by:

The risks of indoor cooking with biofuels and poor ventilation can be reduced through:

Scientists suggest that climate change could affect health by:

Ozone is most closely associated with which of the following health effects?

The ladder of access to water, as income grows for a poor family in a low-income country, is best represented by:

WASH refers to: