Exposure assessment in Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology

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Time:	18.-21.10.2010
Place:	University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, Snellmania Building, Yliopistonrantatie 1E, classroom S24
Credits:	2 ECTS
Language:	English
Organizers:	The course is organized jointly by the Graduate school in Environmental Health (SYTYKE) and Environmental Risk Assessment Centre (ERAC)
Lecturer:	Mark Nieuwenhuijsen Research Professor in Environmental Epidemiology Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain

Course description

The course gives further knowledge on exposure assessment for those who have basic knowledge in exposure assessment in risk analysis. A successful participation to the course needs basic knowledge in exposure assessment e.g. passing the course on risk assessment or occupational hygiene. This course goes into more detailed methods of exposure assessment used in epidemiology.

Topics

Introduction to exposure assessment. Personal exposure assessment. Retrospective exposure assessment. Exposure misclassification and measurement error; implications for epidemiology. Questionnaire design.

Recommended reading

NIEUWENHUIJSEN MJ. (ed) (2003) Exposure assessment in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-852861-2

Registration by October 4, 2010

Registration form

Programme

Monday 18 Oct
8:00-11:30	Introduction to exposure assessment (3 hrs)
11:30-13:00	Break
13:00-16:00	Exercise sources and pathways (1.5hrs)
	Exposure misclassification and measurement error; implications for epidemiology (1 hr)
Tuesday 19 Oct
8:00-11:30	Questionnaire design (1.5 hr)
	Questionnaire exercise (1.5hrs)
11:30-13:00	Break
13:00-16:00	Personal exposure assessment (1.5 hrs)
	Biological monitoring (1 hr)
Wednesday 20 Oct
8:00-11:30	Questionnaire exercise-presentation (1hr)
	Retrospective exposure assessment (1.5 hr)
	Exposure assessment exercise (0.5 hrs)
11:30-13:00	Break
13:00-16:00	Exposure assessment exercise practical for students to work on (3hrs)
Thursday 21 Oct
8:00-11:30	Presentation Exposure assessment exercise(2.5 hrs)
	Wrap up(0.5 hrs)