MPH1001

Advanced toxicology

Professor J McNeil and Dr D Goddard

1 hour 30 minutes per week over 14 weeks * Second semester

Synopsis 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