During an 8-hour work shift at the new Registry of Motor Vehicles building, 30 employees (20 females and 10 males developed the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, headaches, and dizziness. These affected individuals went to their family doctors, were treated and were released. In an attempt to describe this outbreak of symptoms, you are asked to assess the situation and to perform some calculations. All 570 of the remaining employees were surveyed to see if other people had experienced these symptoms. Four hundred survey forms were returned. Eighty employees reported symptoms consistent with the syndrome observed in the workers who sought medical attention. Based on these survey data, what was the attack rate? * 20% attack rate 5% attack rate 70% attack rate 14% attack rate

During an 8-hour work shift at the new Registry of Motor Vehicles building, 30 employees (20 females and 10 males developed the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, headaches, and dizziness. These affected individuals went to their family doctors, were treated and were released. In an attempt to describe this outbreak of symptoms, you are asked to assess the situation and to perform some calculations. All 570 of the remaining employees were surveyed to see if other people had experienced these symptoms. Four hundred survey forms were returned. Eighty employees reported symptoms consistent with the syndrome observed in the workers who sought medical attention. Based on these survey data, what was the attack rate? * 20% attack rate 5% attack rate 70% attack rate 14% attack rate

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