Disease Dilemmas Flashcards
1
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types of disease diffusion
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Expansion relocation hierarchical network mixed contagious
2
Q
Hagerstrand model
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Graph representing the relationship between cummulative % of infection and time
3
Q
Epidemiological transition stages
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- Age of pestilence and famine
- Age of receding pandemics
- introduction of man made and diseases of affluence
- Fighting back degenerative disease
4
Q
Physical factors impacting the spread of disease
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Climate, seasonal variations, remoteness/location, wealth/GDP
5
Q
Population pyramind
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Graph representing the gender and age structure of a population
6
Q
Bangladesh floods
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7
Q
Malaria - Ethiopia
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8
Q
epidemilogical transition - Uganda
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9
Q
HIV/AIDS - South Africa
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10
Q
Cholera - Haiti
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11
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Air pollution - India
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