Occupational health and environmental health sciences
| Numbering Code | P-PUB01 8H124 LB90 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ The first half of first semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 1 | Course Type | Lecture | |
| Target Year | Professional degree students | Target Student | ||
| Language | Japanese and English | Day/Period | Thu.2 | |
| Instructor name | NISHIURA HIROSHI (Graduate School of Medicine Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | An overview of modern environmental problems and industrial health will be given to provide the basis of the risk assessment of chemicals for human health. | |||
| Course Goals |
To have an overview of modern environmental problems and industrial health To understand dose-response relationship, threshold, inter-species difference and basic toxicology To acquire skills for risk assessment To acquire skills to describe the regulatory strategy to minimize the toxic effects of chemicals To predict major metabolism processes for representative chemicals |
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| Schedule and Contents |
Course Schedule 1 Guidance and general principle Environmental Health Sciences 2 Climate 3 Water pollution 4 Air pollution 5 Occupational health 6 Gene and environment 7 Examination 8 Additional topic |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
Attendance and active participation in the lecture 50% Examination 50 % |
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| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Knowledge on chemistry is not nessesarily required, but it is recommended to review it after class. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Handouts | ||
