Epidemiologists Take into Account the Role of Global Climate Change

question 72

Multiple Choice

Epidemiologists take into account the role of global climate change and its relationship to the spread of disease. In rural areas of Cambodia, epidemiologists have noted that social patterns are linked to the spread of mosquito-borne illness. Which of the following would they NOT consider?

• A) increases in rainfall due to La Niña
• B) changes in use of the forests-logging or military use
• C) new migration and settlements
• D) factory closures or economic shifts and changes
• E) increases in the use of antiretroviral drugs

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