Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam
Course Title:
Toxicology
Course Number:
AB_1277
Course Description:
This course addresses exposure, effects, and risk assessment of toxic chemicals. In the “exposure” part, we will mainly focus on routes of exposure, on human biomonitoring, and toxicokinetics. Next, we will discuss toxic effects at different levels of biological organization, ranging from the molecular initiating event (MIE) via key events (KE) at the cellular and organ levels to the adverse outcome (AO) at a population level, within the framework of Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs). Different levels of toxicity testing will be covered ranging from in silico and in vitro studies to in vivo animal studies and epidemiological studies. Finally, the course will address how quantitative toxicity data are used in risk assessment procedures to derive threshold doses for toxic compounds to which we are exposed through different routes of exposure (food, drinking water, air, soil, house dust, consumer goods, working place, etc.).
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
BIOL 3--
Attachment Files:
Studyguide (4)_2.pdf
