Preventive Medicine

Catalog description

This course will include discussion of some exposures and health effects of environmental contaminants and principles of prevention. Topics include outdoor and indoor air pollution, water and wastewater pollution, solid waste disposal, insect and rodent control, food protection, chemical and physical carcinogens, ionizing radiation, injury prevention, environmental epidemiology, active transportation, disasters, and occupational safety and health. A number of guest lecturers and field trips will be utilized.