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- 2. deoxyribonucleic acid, is the chemical inside the nucleus of a cell that has the genetic instructions for making living organisms.
- 4. Drawing of a family tree used by medical professionals and genetic counselors to assess families and look for patterns that may be helpful in diagnosing or managing person’s health.
- 5. the rate of disease, injury, or other condition exceeds the usual (endemic) level of that condition.
- 7. The modification to the expression of genes, not involving changes in the genetic code itself (mainly via histones and methylation), that occurs in response to environmental factors. This results in genes being switched ‘on’ or ‘off’.
- 10. a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, is a fundamental human right and the attainment of the highest possible level of health is a most important world-wide social goal.
- 12. a systematic error resulting from the study, design, execution, or confounding.
- 14. The study of health related trends in populations for the purpose of disease prevention, health maintenance and protection.
- 15. study of individual genes in order to understand the structure of the genome, including the mapping of genes and sequencing the DNA.
- 17. analyzes the effects of bioactive food components (nutrient and non-nutrients) on gene expression.
- 18. factors acting together that typically influence disease risk, health conditions, and the therapies used to treat disease; often have a genetic/genomic element; influenced by the environment, lifestyle, and other factors (Tend to run in families).
- 20. determine who has the disease and where and when it occurs.
- 21. demonstrated a connection between water supply and cholera (in the mid-nineteenth century).
- 23. refers to the probability that an event will occur within a specified time period.
- 24. a type of epidemiologic study that is used to describe a group of persons enrolled in a study who share some characteristic of interest and who are followed over a period of time to observe some health outcome.
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- 1. quantifies how accurately the test identifies those with the condition or trait (true positives).
- 3. the DNA segments that carry the genetic information.
- 6. long structures that organize DNA.
- 8. identifies how the genetic make up of a particular individual co-ordinates his/her response to various dietary nutrients. It also reveals why /how people respond differently to the same nutrient (e.g. SNPs in FLOR2 affect ability to use folic acid).
- 9. in a screening test is measured by sensitivity and specificity.
- 11. factors, exposures, behaviors, contexts, and characteristics that determine (or influence) the patterns (answers the how and why); may be individual, relational, social, communal, or environmental.
- 13. indicates how accurately the test identifies those without the condition or trait (true negatives).
- 16. study of the function and effect of single genes that are inherited by children from their parents.
- 19. alterations in the usual sequence of bases that form a gene or changes in DNA or chromosomal structures.
- 22. a measure of the frequency of a health event in a defined population, usually in a specified period of time; a measure of how rapidly something is happening.