The public health nursing student is studying outbreak investigations and disease trends. The student learns that there are three precipitating factors also known as the epidemiological constants essential to an outbreak investigation and include which of the following?
A)Person, agent, and time
B)Host, agent, and time
C)Person, place, and environment
D)Person, place, and time

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The three epidemiological constants essential to an outbreak investigation are person, place, and time. These factors help in identifying and understanding the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations.

The Public Health Nursing Student Is Studying Outbreak Investigations and Disease