The information gained from environmental epidemiologic studies can be very helpful in trying to identify whether an exposure or what particular exposures have made people ill. Major challenges to most environmental epidemiology studies include:
(Select all that apply).
A) Resource intensive in terms of personnel and money
B) Period between exposure and illness can be very short
C) Weak ability to identify outbreaks of infectious disease
D) Limited availability of data on many contaminants and their effect on people's health
E) Time consuming to perform
Ans: A, D, E
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Major challenges to most environmental epidemiology studies include the following: limited availability of data on many contaminants and their effect on health, limited understanding about how exposures to multiple contaminants may sicken people, latency between exposure and illness that can be very long, time-consuming to perform, resource intensive in terms of personnel and money, and inconclusive in determining whether X contaminant caused Y illness.
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