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P8322Environmental Determinants of Human Health II

Postgraduate course

Project description

This lecture-based course exposes students to the basic principles of environmental health sciences. Topics include defining environmental toxicants, explaining how individuals are exposed, and extrapolating to the relevant health consequences of specific exposures. The course enables students to give examples of the major health issues that stem from various exposures, such as air pollution and lung disease, sun exposure and cancer, pesticide use and fetal development, and lead exposure and children's intelligence. The course gives students an appreciation for which populations are at risk, how studies are carried out in environmental health, and how study findings are used to inform environmental policy decisions.