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2. Getting Started

3. Course Syllabus

4. Terms

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Syllabus

A. Course Description

B. Course Objectives

C. Instructor

D. Grading

E. Text

1. COURSE DESCRIPTION 

This course is an analysis of physical, chemical, and biological influences on human health with the aim of controlling them.  
Prerequisites: completion of a basic science background.

[3] credits

2. COURSE OBJECTIVES:

     
     The purpose of Health Sciences 356A and 356B is to introduce 
     basic terms, core concepts, and fundamental skills used by 
     environmental health professionals.  On completion of this 
     course the student should be able to: 
 
     1. analyze environmental agents in terms of their 
        sources, basic attributes, and fate;
 
     2. identify adverse effects from each agent on 
        human health (acute and chronic), ecosystems, and 
        other risks (including economic and psychological); and 
 
     3. select protective measures for each effect with 
        systematic controls consistent with laws     
        (emphasizing risk communication and management).

C. Instructor:

Tom Hatfield, R.E.H.S., Dr.P.H.

Dept. of Health Sciences
California State University
Northridge CA 91330 U.S.A.  
 
Office hours:  MW 12:15-1:15  (Room 2101-H)
Phone:           Office:   818-677-4708           FAX:      818-677-2045                    
Lectures:       Sect. 1:  MW 11-12:15   
                     Sect. 2:     M  4-7            

D. Grading

3 objective exams (equal weight, non-cumulative)

1 journal article summary (further explanation in class)

E. Text:

Salvato J., Environmental Engineering and Sanitation,

John Wiley and Sons, 1992.

356A Quizzes

A01. Introduction, part I

A02. Introduction, part 2

A03. Communicable Disease I

A04. Communicable Disease II

A05. Food Safety I

A06. Food Safety II

A07. Vector Control I

A08. Vector Control II

A09. Vector Control III

A10. Solid Wastes

A11. Hazardous Wastes

Records by Student I.D.

 

Review of Terms

1. Exam #1

2. Exam #2

3. Exam #3

Exam #1:

1	environmental health	50	droplet nuclei
2	sanitarian	51	Airborne
3	health	52	"common cold"
4	environment	53	influenza
5	epidemiology	54	tuberculosis
6	prevalence, incidence	55	coccidioidomycosis
7	mutagenic, teratogenic	56	Waterborne
8	tolerance	57	typhoid fever
9	interactions	58	paratyphoid fever
10	synergism	59	cholera
11	potentiation	60	shigellosis
12	antagonism	61	amebiasis
13	laws	62	giardiasis
14	statutory law	63	Helminths
15	administrative law	64	trichinosis
16	constitutional law	65	schistosomiasis
17	common law	66	ascariasis
18	legal concepts	67
19	malfeasance	68	taeniasis
20	misfeasance	69	"pneumonia"
21	nonfeasance	70	beef tapeworms
22	police power	71	pork tapeworms
23	nuisance	72	enterobiasis (pinworm)
24	subpoena	73
25	due process	74	hookworm
26	equal protection	75
27	exclusionary rule	76
28	NEPA	77
29	population and energy	78
30	demographic transition	79
31	desertification	80
32	communicable disease	81
33	agent, reservoir, host	82
34	pathogenicity, virulence	83
35	incubation period	84
36	infection	85
37	carrier	86
38	asymptomatic	87
39	incubatory	88
40	convalescing	89
41	transmission	90
42	fomite	91
43	vectors	92	rabies
44	infestation	93	ringworm
45	types of prevention	94	tetanus
46	coliforms	95	anthrax
47	enteric	96	leprosy
48	helminths
49	zoonoses

Exam #2:

1	foodborne illness	45	ciguatera
2	"ptomaine"	46	potato poisoning
3	intoxication	47	spoilage
4	infection	48	flat sour
5	chemical poisoning	49	TA
6	salmonella	50	sulfide
7	typhimurium	51	canning:
8	enteritidis	52	blanch
9	campylobacter	53	exhaust
10	listeriosis	54	retort process
11	type a viral hepatitis	55	dishwashing
12	brucellosis	56	additives:
13	trichuriasis	57	DES
14	staphylococcus	58	nitrites
15	clostridium	59	MSG
16	botulinum	60	sulfites
17	perfringens (welchii)	61	toxicity
18	Vibrio parahemolyticus	62	hazard
19	Bacillus cereus	63	safety
20	pasteurization	64	Delaney Clause
21	ultra high temp.	65	GRAS list
22	ultra pasteurization	66	pest, vector
23	HTST	67	rodents
24	holder	68	Rattus norvegicus
25	phosphatase	69	Rattus rattus
26	thermometers	70	Mus musculus
27	gastroenteritis	71	cockroaches:
28	sterilize	72	American
29	disinfect	73	Oriental
30	sanitize	74	German
31	embargo	75	Brown-banded
32	toxins:	76	lice:
33	exotoxin, endotoxin	77	Pediculus capitis
34	enterotoxin, neurotoxin	78	Pthirus pubis
35	aflatoxin	79	Pediculus humanus
36	anisakiasis	80	epidemic typhus
37	thermoduric	81	fleas
38	thermophilic	82	Ctenocepalides
39	mesophilic	83	Xenopsylla cheopis
40	psychrophilic, cryophilic	84	flies
41	favismism	85	Musca domestica
42	snake root	86	mosquitoes:
43	paralytic shellfish poisoning	87	Anopheles
44	scombroid fish poisoning	88	Culex
		89	Aedes

 

Exam #3:

1	mode of action:	41	waste
2	stomach poisons	42	garbage
3	contact poisons	43	rubbish
4	dessicants	44	pyrolysis
5	fumigants	45	composting, humus
6	spiracles, tarsi	46	resource recovery:
7	LD-50, dose response curves	47	reuse, reclamation, recycling
8	inorganics:	48	source reduction
9	Boric acid	49	sanitary landfill:
10	Sodium fluoride	50	landfill gas (LFG)
11	Paris Green, Silica gel	51	refuse derived fuel (RDF)
12	botanicals:	52	leachate
13	Pyrethrum (pyrethroids)	53	area methods, trench method
14	Rotenone (rotenoids)	54	incineration:
15	Nicotine	55	rectangular
16	chlorinated hydrocarbons: DDT	56	vertical circular
17	organophosphates:	57	rotary kiln
18	Parathion, Malathion	58	photodegradation, biodegradation
19	DDVP (Dichlorvos)	59	lignin
20	Diazinon	60	Hazardous Wastes
21	carbamate:	61	ignitibility, reactivity
22	Carbaryl (Sevin), Aldicarb	62	corrosivity, toxicity
23	rodenticides	63	non-specific sources ("F-list")
24	anticoagulants:	64	specific sources ("K-list")
25	warfarin, pival,	65	acute hazardous waste
26	fumarin, PMP, diphacinone	66	hazardous waste manifest
27	quick kill:	67	information clearinghouse
28	Strychnine, 1080, 1081	68	materials exchange
29	red squill	69	wet air oxidation
30	cyanide, ectoparasites	70	neutralization
31	zinc phosphide, ANTU, Norbromide	71	precipitation
32	2,4,5-T, 2,4-D	72	distillation
33	Anopheles, Culex, Aedes	73	TSD facility
34	Gambusia affinis	74	stabilization
35	integrated pest management:	75	surface impoundments
36	autocide	76	deepwell injection
37	pheromones	77	residuals repository
38	juvenile hormones	78	FR, CFR, CHEMTREC
39	antifeedants	79	RCRA:
40	FIFRA, ToSCA	80	HMTA, HSWA, SQG
		81	CERCLA:
		82	NCP, CERCLIS, HRS, NPL, RQ,
		83	SARA:
		84	ATSDR, TPQ, EPCRA,