Simon Fraser University
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Course Outlines

Spring 2020 - HSCI 846 G100

Environmental Health Exposure Assessment and Analysis (3)

Class Number: 7103

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2020: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    HSCI 845 or permission of the instructor.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Assessment and analysis of exposure to physical, chemical, and biological contaminants in environmental and occupational settings. Theory and methods of assessing exposure through direct and indirect methods. Introduction to statistical and modeling techniques used in interpreting exposure data, describing sources of exposure variability, and identifying important determinants of exposure.

COURSE DETAILS:

Course Description
Exposure assessment is a key component of both environmental epidemiology and environmental risk assessment. Exposure assessment also plays an important role in the evaluation of environmental health interventions. This course provides an introduction to the principles of exposure science and its application to the assessment of human exposure to physical, chemical, and biological contaminants in environmental and occupational settings.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Describe the role of exposure assessment, and the potential impacts of exposure misclassification in epidemiology, risk assessment, and environmental surveillance.
  • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of various exposure assessment approaches.
  • Use the SAS system to import, manipulate, analyze, and visualize data.
  • Describe the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in exposure assessment and apply basic GIS tools to environmental exposure data.

Grading

  • Attendance 10%
  • Participation 10%
  • Assignment 1 10%
  • Assignment 2 15%
  • Assignment 3 15%
  • Interim Report 5%
  • Final Report 35%

NOTES:

Each week there will be one 3-hour class meeting, which will generally include lectures, discussions, and in-class activities. There will be no final exam.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Nieuwenhuijsen, M.J. (Ed.). (2015). Exposure Assessment in Environmental Epidemiology (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
ISBN: 0199378789

Graduate Studies Notes:

Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.

Registrar Notes:

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