PPHS 529. Global Environmental Health and Burden of Disease.

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PPHS 529
Global Environmental Health and Burden of Disease.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
  • 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
  • 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
  • 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.

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