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AMS 636 -- Environmental Epidemiology
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This course focuses on the effects of the physical environment on human health. Among the risk factors examined are a variety of pollutants found in outdoor air, indoor air, surface water, ground water, and food. Special attention is given to heavy metals, ionizing radiation, pesticides, flame retardants, carbon dioxide, and others of current public concern. Effects on human development, on the nervous system, and on respiratory disease and cancer receive particular attention. Topics include: environmental monitoring, quantification of exposure at the individual level, hazards in occupational settings, time-space clustering of disease, use of ecologic studies to estimate risks at the individual level, interactive effects of exposure to multiple environmental risk factors, perceptions of risk, integration of laboratory science with population-based studies, and the role of epidemiologic evidence in setting environmental standards.
Prerequisites: AMS 545 or permission of the instructor
Credits: 3
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