Learning Objectives - Environment and Health

Dhitinut (DT) Ratnapradipa; Amy L. McGaha

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Counsel patients regarding appropriate use of poison control centers.
Counsel patients about the role of the local health department in preventing and addressing exposures to toxic substances.
Recommend strategies for patients to avoid exposure to heavy metals.
Determine which patients are at highest risk of heavy metal toxicity.
Summarize potential sources of water and soil contamination.
Describe organophosphate poisoning.
Counsel patients about how to minimize exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals.
Summarize the effects of various endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the body.

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