ISSUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

Catalog description

The course focuses on major concepts and principles relevant to environmental health. Emphasis is on the chemical, biological and physical agents and factors that are environmentally mediated and constitute a risk to humans. Sources, environmental pathways of transmission, exposure dose relationships, and adverse health effects are discussed, giving special attention to susceptible populations. The principles and method s of risk assessment and risk management are identified and applied throughout the course as a unifying theme.