Syllabus (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE)

Course Type: ME-5

Semester: 5

Course Code: BENVMEA35T

Course Title: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, DISEASE AND ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

(L-P-Tu): 3-0-1

Credit: 4

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: To make the students familiar with the concept of Health, disease, epidemiological methods and health education To impart sound knowledge on some communicable and non-communicable diseases To grow the concept on Environmental toxicology

Learning Outcome: Students grow concept of Environmental Health, Disease, Environmental Toxicology

Environmental Health (LECTURE = 15)

Concept of health and disease; Principles of epidemiology and epidemiological methods, aims of epidemiology; Nutrition and health; Health education

Disease (LECTURE = 25)

Concept on water, air, vector borne diseases; some communicable diseases- Viral hepatitis, dengue; Non-communicable diseases - Cardiovascular, Diabetes; and Cancer; COPD; Mental health

Environmental Toxicology (LECTURE = 20)

Eco-toxicology: Definition and Concept; mechanism of toxicity; Branches of toxicology; Types of interactions in toxicology; Concept of Dose-Response relationship, LD₅₀, LC₅₀, Threshold Limit Value (TLV), Basic concept on Bioaccumulation, Bio-magnifications.

Suggested Books

1. Casarett and Doull’s Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 2^nd Edn. John Doull, Curtis D Klaassen and Mary O Amdur; Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc. Canada
2. Fundamental Toxicology, Ed by John H Duffus and Howard G J Worth, RSC Publishing, 2006
3. Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology, 3^rd Edn., Michael C Newman, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, London,, 2010
4. Principles of Biochemical Toxicology, 3^rd Edn, Jogh Timbrell, Taylor & Francis , 2000
5. Environmental Toxicology, David A Wright, and Pamela Welbourn, Cambridge University Press, 2002
6. Park’s textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 18^th Edn., K Park, M/s Banarsidas Bhanot, Jabalpur, 2005
7. Environmental Toxicology: Biological and Health Effects of Pollutants Ming-Ho-Yu