Instructor(s)
Prof. James Sherley
Dr. Laura Green
Prof. Steven Tannenbaum
MIT Course Number
20.104J / 1.081J / ESD.053J
As Taught In
Spring 2005
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course addresses the challenges of defining a relationship between exposure to environmental chemicals and human disease. Course topics include epidemiological approaches to understanding disease causation; biostatistical methods; evaluation of human exposure to chemicals, and their internal distribution, metabolism, reactions with cellular components, and biological effects; and qualitative and quantitative health risk assessment methods used in the U.S. as bases for regulatory decision-making. Throughout the term, students consider case studies of local and national interest.
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