OVERVIEW 

1. How this web site works
2. Getting started
3. Course Syllabus
4. Terms / textbook
5. People in Environmental Health

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Getting started

With time, I hope you will find this web site to be helpful. However, I also know that technology can sometimes turn on us! With that in mind, please consider the following common sense recommendations:

1. When all else fails, contact me! You can contact me:

• by phone (818-677-4708),
• by fax (818-677-2045),
• by email,
• during office hours, or
• in class.

2. Don't forget the other traditional sources:

• Consult the syllabus.
• Consult the textbook.
• Talk with your classmates.

 3. For a list of county libraries with internet access, press here.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Course Description

   Instructor:       Thomas H. Hatfield, R.E.H.S., Dr.P.H. 
   Office Hours:  MTW 12:15-1:15   (Eng. Room 2101-H)  
   Phone:             Office:    818-677-4708        FAX:    818-677-2045
                           Internet:  THOMAS.HATFIELD@CSUN.EDU
 
   Objectives:       Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
     1. Differentiate risk assessment, risk perceptions, risk communication and risk management.
     2. Define five major types of error in risk analysis.               
     3. Describe four fundamental steps of risk assessment.               
     4. Distinguish between rating models, analytical models, and  numerical models of risk assessment, and 
         select an appropriate model for a given situation. 
     5. Explain and measure multi-media transfer.             
     6. Define single-hit, multi-hit, multi-stage, and other models of dose-response used in risk assessment.
     7. Differentiate event-tree and fault-tree techniques.   
     8. Discuss biases in risk evaluation.                    
     9. Distinguish four major models for decision making under uncertainty.  
     10.Define and clarify expert roles in risk analysis.     
     11.Discuss ethical models of risk distribution.         

6. Textbook / Terms:

My textbook was published by the National Environmental Health Association in July of 2002. It ultimately takes the place of the modules that were used previously on this web site. All references on this web site to chapters, exams, etc. are based on this textbook.

 

1. Terms #1

2. Terms #2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terms #1:

1	risk	47	toxicological issues
2	"de minimus non curat lex"	48	risk group, experimental group
3	risk analysis	49	test group, control group
4	risk assessment	50	nonzero threshold toxicants
5	risk communication	51	zero threshold toxicants
6	risk management	52	NOEL, NOAEL, LOAEL
7	mathematical issues	53	experimental dose range
8	risk vs. uncertainty	54	pharmacokinetic based modeling
9	statistical error (types 1-5)	55	exposure
10	integrals, derivatives	56	micro-environments
11	ln x, (exp)x	57	direct measurement of exposure
12	accuracy vs. precision	58	exposure scenario
13	risk assessment	59	predictive exposure assessment
14	Hazard identification	60	reconstructive exposure assessment
15	Dose-response assessment	61	dose
16	Exposure assessment	62	delivered dose
17	Risk characterization	63	absorbed dose
18	risk assessment models	64	administered dose
19	rating models	65	applied dose
20	analytical models	66	intake, uptake
21	numerical models	67	retention, organ burden
22	air dispersion models	68	integral organ burden
23	UNAMAP, Gaussian plume models	69	biologically significant dose
24	rollback models	70	bioassays of chemical carcinogens
25	regional trajectory models	71	Ames test
26	box and multibox models	72	classification of:
27	grid models, physical models	73	carcinogens
28	Eulerian, Lagrangian	74	Tolerance distribution models
29	PTPLU	75	logit
30	stability classes, mixing height	76	probit
31	buoyancy induced dispersion	77	Weibull model
32	gradual plume rise	78	hit target models
33	anemometer, receptor	79	Single hit
34	stack downwash	80	Multihit
35	surface water models	81	Multistage
36	groundwater models	82	model free approaches
37	partitioning	83	linear model
38	Henry's law	84	databases
39	Octanol	85	TOXNET
40	epidemiologic issues	86	IRIS
41	retrospective, prospective studies	87	IARC
42	incidence, prevalence	88	NTP
43	standard mortality ratio (SMR)
44	proportionate mortality ratio (PMR)
45	relative risk
46	attributable risk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terms #2:

1	tools	35	measures of risk -- deaths per:
2	descriptive statistics	36	lifetime vs. day
3	Boolean algebra	37	people vs. people near facility
4	event trees	38	pollutant released vs. absorbed
5	initiating event	39	ton of chemical vs. dollars profit
6	accident sequence	40	facility vs. corporation
7	fault trees	41	suggestions for
8	uncertainties	42	risk communication problems
9	completeness	43	decision trees
10	modeling	44	Pessimist's decision model
11	heuristics	45	Optimist's decision model
12	representativeness	46	Minimization of regret model
13	availability	47	Maximization of average payoff
14	anchoring	48	ethical models of risk
15	framing	49	Utilitarian
16	biases	50	Egalitarian
17	overconfidence	51	Elitist
18	conjunction fallacy	52	Libertarian
19	hindsight bias	53	economic models of risk
20	tradeoffs with money	54	Willingness to pay
21	de minimus	55	Equitable allocation
22	risk communication problems	56	Human capital
23	"Noise"	57	consumerism
24	message problems	58	risk management options
25	source problems	59	advisory
26	channel problems	60	technological
27	receiver problems	61	economic
28	risk communication objectives	62	regulatory
29	information	63	trans-scientific
30	behavioral change
31	emergency response
32	negotiation
33	risk comparisons
34	5 categories