BE.104J Chemicals in the Environment: Toxicology and Public Health, Spring 2005
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Author(s)
Sherley, James L.
Tannenbaum, Steven R., 1937-
Green, Laura C.
Alternative Title
Chemicals in the Environment: Toxicology and Public Health
Date Issued
June 2005
Abstract
This course addresses the challenges of defining a relationship between exposure to environmental chemicals and human disease. Course topics include epidemiological approaches to understanding disease causation; biostatistical methods; evaluation of human exposure to chemicals, and their internal distribution, metabolism, reactions with cellular components, and biological effects; and qualitative and quantitative health risk assessment methods used in the U.S. as bases for regulatory decision-making. Throughout the term, students consider case studies of local and national interest.
Subjects
biostatistics
risk
risk analysis
risk factor
environmental agent
environetics
cause and effect
pollution
statistical analysis
toxic
pollution
genetics
disease
health
EPA
metabolism
endocrine
immunity
uncertainty
mortality
death rate
prediction
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
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