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physical injuries

  • The routine monitoring of blood pressure levels is an important part of assessing an individual's health. Blood pressure provides information about the amount of blood in circulation and about heart function and thus is an important indicator of disease.
    In human disease: Injuries from cold or heat

    Prolonged exposure of tissue to freezing temperatures causes tissue damage known as frostbite. Several factors predispose to frostbite, such as malnutrition leading to a loss of the fatty layer under the skin, lack of adequate clothing, and any type of insufficiency of the peripheral blood

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poisons and poisoning

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    In poison: Conditions of exposure

    …1 summarizes the conditions of exposure to toxicants.

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    In poison: Frequency of exposure

    The second important condition of exposure is frequency: acute (single exposure), subchronic (repeated exposures that in total last for no more than 10 percent of the lifetime of an individual), and chronic (repetitive exposures that last in total longer than 10 percent of the…

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