MPH1001

Advanced toxicology

(MED)

Professor J McNeil and Dr D Goddard

1.5-hours per week over 14 weeks

Synopsis: Current issues in toxicology particularly in regard to substance groups. Groups of substances likely to be encountered in workplaces and the hazards of pesticides, dioxins, mineral and timber dusts, food additives, solvents, metals and pollutants of water, soil and air. Environmental illness, biological monitoring and health surveillance.

Assessment: Written exercise + Oral presentation + Multiple-choice examination