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TIME SLOT |
TOPIC |
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MONDAY AM
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- Introduction - All
- The toxic burden: past and current perspectives – Phil Weinstein, Angus Cook
- Foundations of toxicology – Kim Chisholm
- An environmental pathology overview of tissue reactions to selected toxic metals and metal compounds – Florabel Mullick
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MONDAY PM |
Medical geology: an emerging discipline – Olle Selinus, Jose Centeno, Robert Finkelman
From 3 pm: Small group discussion of case studies à
THEME: Monitoring environments and human populations: an integrative process – All
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TUESDAY AM |
- Trace elements in environmental health and disease -Jose Centeno
- Applied epidemiological tools and models – Angus Cook
- Sources, transport and fate of metal ions in the environment – Robert Finkelman
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TUESDAY PM |
Introduction and overview of chronic arsenic poisoning – Jose Centeno
From 3 pm: Small group discussion of case studies à
THEME: Radioactive materials and health [including depleted uranium example] - Jose Centeno, Angus Cook
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WEDNESDAY AM |
- Health impacts of coal and coal use: arsenicosis and fluorosis – Robert Finkelman
- Estimating environmental risks and benefits: the case of disinfection by-products (DBPs) – Phil Weinstein, Angus Cook
- Clinical and toxicological effects of mercury - Jose Centeno
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WEDNESDAY PM |
Field trip of contaminated sites |
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THURSDAY AM |
- Medical geology as applied to vector-borne disease, dust and organic compounds – Robert Finkelman
- Industrial compounds and pesticides/Endocrine disruptors – Angus Cook, Kim Chisholm
- Paediatric medicine and exposure to toxic metals – Florabel Mullick
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THURSDAY PM |
- Speciation of trace elements- Jose Centeno
- Lead in the environment - Jane Heyworth
- Analytical methods - Jose Centeno
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FRIDAY AM |
- Health impacts of natural geological processes – Phil Weinstein, Angus Cook
- Management of environmental emergencies - All
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FRIDAY PM |
- From 2.00 pm: Student presentation/Full group discussion of case studies
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SUBSEQUENT COURSE CONTACT |
Essay
OR
Research review |