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Web Taxonomy-Health Topics
Short Name
WBT - Health Topics
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Web Taxonomy-Health Topics
Description
Extensible list of topics related to human health conditions or concerns referred to or associated with content.
Subject Areas
Human Health
Publishing Organization
Office of Environmental Information, Office of Information Analysis and Access
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Expand Food Safety - A system to ensure that illness or harm will not result from eating food. 
Bullet Fish & Wildlife Consumption  
Expand Health Effects  
Bullet Chemical Sensitization - Evidence suggests that some people may develop health problems characterized by effects such as dizziness, eye and throat irritation, chest tightness, and nasal congestion that appear whenever they are exposed to certain chemicals. People may react to even trace amounts of chemicals to which they have become "sensitized." 
Bullet Genetic Damage  
Expand Respiratory Diseases  
Bullet Asthma - A chronic, inflammatory disorder of the airways characterized by wheezing, breathing difficulties, coughing, chest tightness, and other possible symptoms. People with asthma have very sensitive airways that are constantly on the verge of over-reacting to asthma triggers. [Glossary of Asthma Terms: Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America] 
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Expand Exposure - The amount of radiation or pollutant present in a given environment that represents a potential health threat to living organisms. [Terms of Env] 
Bullet Acute Exposure - A single exposure to a toxic substance which may result in severe biological harm or death. Acute exposures are usually characterized as lasting no longer than a day, as compared to longer, continuing exposure over a period of time. [Terms of Env] 
Bullet Chronic Exposure - Multiple exposures occurring over an extended period of time or over a significant fraction of an animal's or human's lifetime (Usually seven years to a lifetime.) [Terms of Env] 
Bullet Cumulative Exposure - The sum of exposures of an organism to a pollutant over a period of time. [Terms of Environment] 
Bullet Dermal Exposure - Contact between a chemical and the skin. [Terms of Env] 
Bullet Dietary Exposure  
Bullet Exposure Assessments - Identifying the pathways by which toxicants may reach individuals, estimating how much of a chemical an individual is likely to be exposed to, and estimating the number likely to be exposed. [Terms of Env] 
Bullet Exposure Concentration - The concentration of a chemical or other pollutant representing a health threat in a given environment. [Terms of Env] 
Bullet Exposure Routes - The way a chemical or pollutant enters an organism after contact; i.e., by ingestion, inhalation, or dermal absorption. [Terms of Env] 
Bullet Health Assessment  
Bullet Threshold Level - Time-weighted average pollutant concentration values, exposure beyond which is likely to adversely affect human health. [Terms of Env] 
Expand Toxicity - The degree to which a substance or mixture of substances can harm humans or animals. Acute toxicity involves harmful effects in an organism through a single or short-term exposure. Chronic toxicity is the ability of a substance or mixture of substances to cause harmful effects over an extended period, usually upon repeated or continuous exposure sometimes lasting for the entire life of the exposed organism. Subchronic toxicity is the ability of the substance to cause effects for more than one year but less than the lifetime of the exposed organism. [Terms of Env] 
Bullet Acute Toxicity - The ability of a substance to cause severe biological harm or death soon after a single exposure or dose. Also, any poisonous effect resulting from a single short-term exposure to a toxic substance. [Terms of Env] 
Bullet Chronic Toxicity - The capacity of a substance to cause long-term poisonous health effects in humans, animals, fish, and other organisms. [Terms of Env] 
Bullet Dermal Toxicity - The ability of a pesticide or toxic chemical to poison people or animals by contact with the skin. [Terms of Env] 
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Bullet Childrens' Health  
Bullet Mens' Health  
Bullet Seniors' Health  
Bullet Womens' Health  
Bullet Workers' Health  
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