TEST BANK For Gordis Epidemiology, 7th Edition By David D Celentano; Moyses Szklo, Verified Chapters 1 - 20, Complete Newest Version 2026!!!

TEST BANK For Gordis Epidemiology, 7th Edition By David D
Celentano; Moyses Szklo, Verified Chapters 1 - 20, Complete Newest
Version 2026!!!



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,TABLEOFCONTENTS x x




Chapter 1 Introduction
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Chapter 2 The Dynamics of Disease Transmission
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Chapter 3 The Occurrence of Disease
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Chapter 4 The Occurrence of Disease
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Chapter 5 Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests
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Chapter 6 The Natural History of Disease
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Chapter 7 Observational Studies
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Chapter 8 Cohort Studies
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Chapter 9 Comparing Cohort and Case-Control Studies
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Chapter 10 Assessing Preventive and Therapeutic Measures
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Chapter 11 Randomized Trials
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Chapter 12 Estimating Risk
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Chapter 13 More on Risk
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Chapter 14 From Association to Causation
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Chapter 15 More on Causal Inference
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Chapter 16 Identifying the Roles of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Disease Causation
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Chapter 17 Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services
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Chapter 18 Epidemiologic Approach to Evaluating Screening Programs
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Chapter 19 Epidemiology and Public Policy
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Chapter 20 Ethical and Professional Issues in Epidemiology
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,Chapter 01: Introduction x x




Celentano: Gordis Epidemiology, 7th Edition Test Bank x x x x x x




MULTIPLE CHOICE x




1. Which of the following is an example of tertiary prevention?
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a. Vaccination for rotavirus for children younger than the age of 1 yea
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xr b. Surgical amputation of an extremity with osteosarcoma (bone can
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cer) c. Screening for gestational diabetes after 24 weeks of pregnancy
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d. Sexual education program in elementary schools
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Increasing taxes for buying cigarettes
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ANSWER: B x




Surgical amputation of an extremity with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) is an example in whic
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xh when a disease is present the treatment (amputation) is done to reduce the impact of disea
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xse by preventing the tumor from dissemination. Vaccination for rotavirus for children young
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er than the age of 1 year, sexual education program in elementary schools, and increasing ta
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xes for buying cigarettes represent examples of primary prevention. Screening for gestationa
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xl diabetes after 24 weeks of pregnancy is an example of secondary prevention.
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This historic character observed that childbed fever mortality more common among women t
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reated by physicians and medical students compared with women treated by midwives.
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Base d on his observations, he implemented a hand wash policy that resulted in adecrease in
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morta lity. Name the character that we are talking about.
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John Snow x


Edward Jenner
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D.A. Henderson x


Leon Gordis
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Ignaz Semmelweis x




ANSWER: E x




Ignaz Semmelweis identified that medical students and physicians transmitted the disease
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xby not washing their hands after examining bodies at autopsies and conducting multiple ex
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aminations in the clinic.
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Thanks to the contributions of Edward Jenner, the following disease was eradicated later
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by efforts organized by D.A. Henderson:
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Cholera
Smallpox
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Chickenpox
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Polio
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Zika




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, ANSWER: B x




Smallpox was eradicated in 1980. Edward Jenner vaccinated James Phipps in 1796 again
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st smallpox. Almost 200 years later, the World Health Organization (WHO) commission
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ed D.A. Henderson to lead the efforts to eradicate the disease.
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Over the past century, a marked decline in the mortality rates of many infectious diseas
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xes has been observed. Which of the following is the most likely reason for the observed de
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cline in mortality rates from common infectious diseases?
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Development of penicillin x x


Development of insulin
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Development of vaccines
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Improvement in social conditions
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Worse sanitation and unsafe water
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ANSWER: D x




Although medical treatments potentially helped in the decrease of infectious diseases, the
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advancement in social conditions played a major role. These improvements include bett
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xer sanitation, safe disposal of waste, better nutrition, and improvement in housing
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conditi ons.
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