Adverse health effect
Adverse Health Effect
Adverse Health Effect (pronunciation: ad·verse health ef·fect) is a term used in medicine and public health to describe any changes in health status, morbidity, or mortality in an individual or population that are attributable to exposure to a environmental factor or risk factor.
Etymology
The term "adverse health effect" is derived from the Latin words "adversus" meaning against and "effectus" meaning result. It was first used in the medical literature in the late 20th century as a way to describe negative health outcomes associated with exposure to environmental or occupational hazards.
Related Terms
- Acute Health Effect: An adverse health effect that occurs immediately or shortly after exposure to a risk factor.
- Chronic Health Effect: An adverse health effect that occurs over a long period of time, often due to repeated or continuous exposure to a risk factor.
- Environmental Health: The study of how environmental factors affect human health and disease.
- Risk Factor: Any attribute, characteristic or exposure of an individual that increases the likelihood of developing a disease or injury.
- Morbidity: The condition of being diseased.
- Mortality: The state of being subject to death.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Adverse health effect
- Wikipedia's article - Adverse health effect
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