Cancer Clusters

question 23

Multiple Choice

Cancer clusters

• A)are generally unexplainable.
• B)can be identified as 'unusual' and not random through statistical methods.
• C)are normally found applied to respiratory cancers only.
• D)are located generally in the western United States where industry thrives.

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Definitions:

Purely Capitalist Economy

An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, investments determined by private decision, and prices, production, and the distribution of goods determined mainly by competition in a free market.

Features of Capitalism

include private property ownership, capital accumulation, wage labor, voluntary exchange, a price system, and competitive markets, driving economic growth and innovation.

Corporate Entities

Organizations or companies recognized by law as a single entity, separate from its owners, with its own rights, responsibilities, and liabilities.

Oligopolies

Giant corporations that control part of an economy. They are few and tend not to compete against one another. Instead, they can set prices at levels that are most profitable for them.