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Environmental Epidemiology DL (3783)

  
Coordinating lecturer :Prof. dr. Tim NAWROT 
  
Member of the teaching team :dr. Esmee BIJNENS 
 dr. Janneke HOGERVORST 


Language of instruction : English


Credits: 3,0
  
Period: semester 1 (3sp)
  
2nd Chance Exam1: Yes
  
Final grade2: Numerical
 
Exam contract: not possible


 
Sequentiality
 
   Mandatory sequentiality bound on the level of programme components
 
 
  Following programme components must have been included in your study programme in a previous education period
    Concepts of Epidemiology DL (3585) 4.0 stptn
    Generalized Linear Models DL (5465) 6.0 stptn
 

Content

Content:

Air pollution, pesticides, metals are just some examples of environmental factors that have been linked to adverse health effects such as cardiovascular and respiratory disease. With increasing Risks associated with environmental exposures are generally small in the exposed population, because the population exposed is large the population attributable risks might be considerable. This course focus on basic principles and in more detail special environmental epidemiological designs. With increasing attention on genetic susceptibility as effect-modificator of environmental related health effects we will also focus on how gene-environment interactions can be studied.

Learning outcomes:

With increasing attention on environmental health issues form the public and government this is a growing area of those working in the field of public health. The course provides a public health interpretation of epidemiological concepts in the field of environmental epidemiology.



Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Lecture  
Small group session  


Evaluation

Period 1    Credits 3,00

Evaluation method
Oral exam100 %

Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt
No
 

Recommended course material
 

The use of R software is recommended in this course. 



Learning outcomes
Master of Statistics and Data Science
  •  EC 
  • The student is capable of acquiring new knowledge.

  •  EC 
  • The student knows the international nature of the field of statistical science and data science.

  •  EC 
  • The student knows the societal relevance of statistics and data science.

 

  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
Offered inTolerance3
second year Data Science - distance learning J
second year Master Bioinformatics - distance learning J
second year Master Biostatistics - distance learning J
second year Quantitative Epidemiology - distance learning J



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