Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Disease
- Causes of disease
- Pathogens-disease causing
organisms
- By damaging host
tissues
- By producing
toxins
- Malfunction of
body/mind
causing adverse
affect of health
- Pathogens:
Gain entry to the
host, colonise
tissue, resist
defences,
damage host
- Interfaces
- Skin
(cuts,abrasions,bites)
- Gas-exchange
system
- Digestive
system
- Data and
disease
- Epidemiology
- Correlation- relationship between
variables BUT doesn't show causation
- Needs additional
experiments
- Lifestyle/health
- Risk
- Probability of hazardous
event
- Consequences of event
- Measured from 0%-100%
- Needs timescale
- Often relative to multiple factors
- Cancer
- Smoling
- Obesity
- Diet
- Physical Activity
- Sunlight
- CHD
- Smoking
- High BP
- Blood cholesterol
- Obesity
- Diet
- Physical activity