Advanced toxicology
Professor J McNeil and Dr D Goddard
1 hour 30 minutes per week over 14 weeks * Second semester
The aim is to outline current issues in toxicology particularly in regard to substance groups. At the end of this subject, students will know which groups of substances are likely to be encountered in workplaces and the important hazards of pesticides, dioxins, mineral and timber dusts, food additives, solvents, metals and pollutants of water, soil and air. In addition, students will be broadly familiar with environmental illness, biological monitoring and health surveillance.
Assessment
Class exercise - a small group oral presentation with hand-out notes: 50% * Written multiple-choice question examination: 50%
Prescribed texts
La Dou (ed.) Occupational medicine Appleton and Lange, 1990
Timbrell J A Introduction to toxicology Taylor and Francis, 1989
Recommended texts
Amdur M O and others Casarett and Doull's `Toxicology' 4th edn, Pergamon, 1991