MED SCI 714 / Industrial and Environmental Toxicology

3 unit(s)

W. Foster

This course is designed to provide graduate students and others with basic and advanced knowledge to develop awareness and insight of the toxicologic aspects of life-science research, related professional activities, and environment and health issues. Topics that are emphasized include: (i) pathways to humans; (ii) human health effects; (iii) toxicologic mechanisms; and (iv) a consideration and application of accepted critical-appraisal guidelines and skills to assess the occurrence, in animal experiments or human experiences, of the following: acute toxicity, subchronic toxicity, reproductive and developmental toxicity, mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, respiratory and skin sensitization.