SUBJECT

Title

Environmental Health

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

Doctoral

Credits

6

Recommended in

Semesters 1-4

Typically offered in

Autumn/Spring semester

Course description

Environmental health deals with the effect of environmental factors (water, soil and air) on human health. The course will introduce the quality requirements of healthy drinking water and bathing water, the health effect of chemical and biological water quality parameters, the characteristic problems of indoor and outdoor air quality and the associated risks, and the human health aspects of soil contamination. The aim of the course is to give an overview of environmental health risks and the national situation of environmental disease burden.

Readings
  • D. W. Moeller: Environmental Health. 3rd Edition. Harvard University Press, 2005.

  • R. H. Friis: Essentials of Environmental Health. 2nd Edition. Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2012.