Introduction to Epidemiology 6th Edition by Ray M Merrill

Exercise 10

Webs of causation play a more useful role when one is trying to describe disease etiology for which type of disease?

a. Acute

b. Infectious

c. Chronic

d. Two of the above

Step 1 of 3

Acute diseases are the short term diseases that are not caused by several complicated factors. These diseases are severe but they are not long term diseases for example, a broken bone or asthma attack. They are not caused by several factors hence webs of causation is not required for acute diseases.