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Introduction to Environmental Risk Assessment - SESC9261
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Risk and Safety Sciences
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.safesci.unsw.edu.au
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course introduces the methods used to quantify human health risks associated with the presence of hazardous chemicals and pathogens in the environment. These risks can be quantified when the following elements are known:-

The source of the chemical/pathogen posing risk/s to human receptors; the fate and transport mechanisms by which a chemical/pathogen moves from the source to the receptors; exposure scenarios; the dose to the receptors. These elements are evaluated during the course. Theoretical risk assessment concepts are illustrated with simple, real-life examples. Software is illustratively used to demonstrate the complexity of the risk assessment process in multimedia and probabilistic frameworks.

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