Environmental Terms
Across
- 1. genetic factors are responsible for susceptibility to toxic exposures (3)
- 3. a means by public and environmental professionals partner to assess public health issues (4)
- 5. is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income (2)
- 7. four major routes by which a chemical may enter the body (3)
- 10. air contaminants orginating from major stationary sources (2)
- 11. program that includes caulking and sealing cracks and holes larger than a 16th of an inch, eating in one place in the home to consolidate the area that must be cleaned, getting rid of clutter(3)
- 14. outdoor air surrounding a place or structure (2)
- 16. time between the host is infected by a pathogen to become infected (2)
- 17. set of major air pollutants (3)
- 19. elevated levels of lead(BLL-3)
- 20. physical contact with a toxic chemical
- 22. Substances accumulating over time in the body
- 23. health care as a means for transferring care between two members of the health-care team, in this case the visiting PHN and the primary care provider who would be able to further assess (2)
- 24. is a branch of public health protection that is concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment (2)
- 25. concern of long-term effects on the health of populations related to climate change (2)
- 26. is a model building code developed by the International Code Council (3)
Down
- 2. exposure to a concentration of a specific chemical in the main environmental media (air, soil, water, sediment)(2)
- 4. pollutants generated by transportation sources (2)
- 6. current air quality (3)
- 8. air pollution in a specific area (3)
- 9. passed by Congress in 1974, with amendments added in 1986 and 1996, to protect our drinking water (4)
- 12. process of identifying what hazards currently exist or may appear in the workplace (2)
- 13. smaller sources of emission (gas stations)(2)
- 15. human-made surroundings for human activities (2)
- 18. degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism
- 21. time over which only half of the amount is excreted of more than 20 years (2)