Regarding chronic disease, which of the following statements is TRUE?Intermediate risk factors are permanent physiological changes that indicate a condition is irreversibleThe United States does better than all affluent industrialized countries on most indicators of population health, including life spanO Heart disease and cancer are important chronic diseases with unique sets of risk factors, making it difficult to promote prevention of bothPrior to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, influenza/pneumonia was the only infectious disease in the top ten causes of death in the U.S. each year

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Phlebotomy Essentials

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