What are four ways that poverty affects mortality and morbidity?

What will be an ideal response?


Poorer people are exposed to more environmental hazards; they are more likely to be exposed to toxic chemicals in the environment; they are dying from infectious diseases at a greater rate because of a lack of adequate health care; and they have an increased risk of death from malnutrition because of a lack of food.

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A) Weather and Climate B) Meteorologica C) Extraordinary Weather D) Meteorology Today

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Which countries in the region could benefit from increased bamboo production?

What will be an ideal response?

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In the Northern Hemisphere, this day has the fewest hours of daylight:a

summer solstice b. winter solstice c. vernal equinox d. autumnal equinox

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During sandstorms, how high can sand be lifted into the air?

A)a few centimeters B)about 50 centimeters C)about one meter D)about 10 meters E)hundreds of meters

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