Introduction to Epidemiology 6th Edition by Ray M Merrill

Exercise 7

What prevention and control programs can be implemented to reduce congenital malformations from environmental exposure?

Step 1 of 4

The given case study had the following implications - higher the mothers’ proximity to the waste sites, greater is the chance of a congenital malformation in the child, the most at-risk organ was the integument system, plastics were found to the category of chemicals which was the most hazardous, and the digestive system anomalies were found to be least likely congenital malformation.