Public Health and Epidemiology Lecture Notes

Vocabulary flashcards covering public health metrics, environmental sanitation, and epidemiology based on the lecture transcript.

Standard error of mean

$$\frac{\text{Standard deviation}}{\sqrt{\text{sample size}}}$$

Yellow feree incubation period

$$3 \text{ to } 6\,\text{days}$$

Yellow feree transmission

Transmitted by accosols.

Sensitivity

Inversely proportional to specificity.

Hardness of water

Has beneficial effect against CVS diseases.

Normal level of flowride in drinking water

$$0.5 \text{ to } 0.8\,\text{mg\,L}^{-1}$$

Kata thermometer

Measures the cooling power of air.

Best indicator for air pollution in India

$$SO_2$$

Optimum floor space per adult in a home

$$70-90\,\text{sq\,ft}$$

10 day rule

Used for radiation protection in pregnancy.

Average number of mites found in person suffering from Scabies

$$10-15$$

Life span of mosquito

$$8 \text{ to } 30\,\text{days}$$

Culex

Known as the nuisance mosquito.

orthotoludine test

Used to determine free and combined chlorine in water.

Phycheometer

Measures humidity.

Method of sewage disposal in septic tank

Anaerobic oxidation.

Activated sludge process

Method by which the sewage ground water is disposed.

weather flow

Average amount of sewage that flows in the Suclage ystem in $24\,\text{hours}$.

Gamma

Most dangerous type of comizing radiation.

Yellow feree in India

Has not been reported in India.