Epi Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. Medication which caused thousands of birth defects in the 1960s and lead to significant changes in drug regulation.
- 4. Location (city) of a notorious clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 in Alabama, where African American men with syphilis were intentionally left untreated.
- 8. Historically referred to as "the Emperor of All Maladies"
- 10. Continuous monitoring of the occurrence of diseases or health events in a population.
- 12. This color indicates zones of the world where people live longer than average, often attributed to lifestyle and dietary factors.
- 13. The city that contains the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO), founded in 1948 to coordinate international public health efforts.
- 14. An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, often linked to contaminated water.
- 15. A measure comparing the risk of a health event among one group with the risk among another group.
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- 1. The city where the first organized public health board was established in the 14th century to combat the spread of plague.
- 2. Often referred to as the "Father of Medicine," he proposed that disease was caused by environmental factors, diet, and living habits.
- 5. The first disease to be eradicated globally by a successful vaccination campaign.
- 6. A system used to monitor trends in disease in a specific population by tracking specific health indicators.
- 7. The first identified case in an outbreak, also known as "Patient Zero."
- 9. The period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms.
- 11. This debilitating condition, first medically documented in the 1920s, involves tissue growing outside the uterus and was long misdiagnosed as "female hysteria"