This course covers chemicals in our environment and in our bodies and how they impact our health. It addresses policies and practices related to chemicals, particularly related to how they get into our bodies (exposures), what they do when they get there (toxicology), how we measure them (biomonitoring) and their impact on our health. Most examples are drawn from the US.
Lecture 6: Health Effects of Chemicals: How Do We Figure Out How Chemicals Affect Our Health? - Mitchell
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Jul 21, 2020
All the videos had experts explaining the complexities associated with chemicals at all levels eloquently and wonderfully compiled information. This course has utilized my time really well.
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All the videos had experts explaining the complexities associated with chemicals at all levels eloquently and wonderfully compiled information. This course has utilized my time really well.
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Week 4 - Health effects of chemicals: How do we figure out how chemicals affect our health?
Taught By
Dr. Megan Weil Latshaw, PhD
Director of the Masters Programs in Environmental Health
Beth A. Resnick, MPH
Associate Scientist