Treatment of Diseases and Disorders Answers

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What techniques might be a part of an epidemiologist’s work? Select all that apply.

A
interviews with sick people
B
feeding mosquitoes so they stay healthy
C
information from doctor’s offices, hospitals, and labs
D
data from local and state health departments
E
doing surgery
F
doing lab tests on spoiled food
G
trapping mosquitoes in a swamp
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Which phrase best completes the sentence? A cancer registry:

A
helps connect cancer patients with one another for support groups.
B
helps doctors figure out what kind of cancer a patient has.
C
detects cancer in the body’s cells.
D
is a collection of data on cancer.
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In the field of public health, WHO stands for:

A
World Heart Organization.
B
World Health Organization.
C
World Health Officials.
D
World Health Office.
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What methods do researchers use to make sure their studies are not biased? Select all that apply.

A
Randomly assign people to different study groups.
B
Make sure people know which group of the study they are in.
C
Include a group of people not receiving any treatment.
D
Make sure researchers do not know which group people are in while the study is happening.
E
Print findings of a study before sharing it with anyone else to read and check over.
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How can longitudinal studies help in the understanding of diseases?

A
as a way to help fight tobacco use
B
to check other researchers’ work
C
so that researchers can learn how diseases develop
D
to quickly gather up information on a disease over a few days or weeks

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