A PHN is organizing a multidisciplinary team to address the issue of water pollution in the com-munity. The most likely members that would be invited to address this issue would be:
a. physicians, water sanitation workers, and occupational therapists.
b. pharmacologists, radiologists, and epide-miologists.
c. nurse practitioners, pharmacologists, and environmentalists.
d. geologists, meteorologists, and chemists.
ANS: D
Scientists who study how pollutants travel in air, water, and soil are geologists, meteorologists, and chemists. The other professionals are not experts in the area of water pollution in the com-munity.
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