1. Introduction: significance of the environment for human health, historical background
2. Environmental measurements: basic statistical concepts
3. Environmental epidemiology: causality, study designs
4. Environmental toxicology: terminology, factors that affect responses to a toxic chemical
5. Toxic metals and elements: sources and exposure to metals, toxicity
6. Pesticides and other organic chemicals: pesticides, PCBs, dioxins, solvents, plastics, household products
7. Water quality: drinking water, pollution
8. Air quality: sources, air quality standards, health effects
9. Food safety: food hazards, microbial illness, food safety regulation
10. Occupational Health: agents of disease, prevention
11. Environmental ethics and justice
12. Nature and human health: green and blue spaces

Τελική εξέταση (40%)

Μέθοδος αξιολόγησης:

Ερωτήσεις πολλαπλής επιλογής 25%

Ερωτήσεις σύντομης απάντησης 25%

Ερωτήσεις ανάπτυξης 50%

• Essentials of Environmental Health, 2nd edition (2012), Robert Η. Friis
• Environmental Health: From Global to Local 3rd Edition (2016). Howard Frumkin

• http://www.who.int/en/ World Health Organization (WHO)
• http://www.cdc.gov/ Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• http:// www.epa.gov/ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• http://www.nih.gov/ National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• http:// www.osha.gov/ Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• http://gr.osha.europa.eu/ European OSHA
• http:// www.atsdr.cdc.gov Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
• http://www.niehs.nih.gov/ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• http://ec.europa.eu/environment/health/index_en.htm/ (European Environment and Health Homepage)