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ENVH 535, Fall Quarter
Inhalation Toxicology
 

Class Schedule

Course instructors: Dan Luchtel, Jane Koenig

MWF 10:30-11:20, Room T474A

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Lecture 3

OCTOBER

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Lecture 6
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Lecture 9
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Lecture 12
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Lecture 15
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NOVEMBER

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Lecture 18
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Lecture 21
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Lecture 24
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Lecture 27
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DECEMBER

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Course Outline & Lecture Schedule

09/25/00    
 

Introduction; historical review; air pollution trends; issues to be covered in class.

Koenig
09/27/00    
  Anatomy and histology of the respiratory tract. Luchtel
9/29/00    
  Physiology of the respiratory tract. Koenig

 

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10/02/00    
 

Ozone: production, fate, pectrum of mechanisms and effects

Luchtel
10/04/00    
  Discussion of specific ozone effects Koenig
10/06/00    
  Student presentations  
10/09/00    
 

Other gaseous pollutants: NO2 and SO2; contrast and compare

Luchtel
10/11/00    
  Summary of health effects Koenig
10/13/00    
  Student presentations  
10/16/00    
  PM: size distributions, sources, regulatory issues  
10/18/00  
  Summary of controlled studies  
10/20/00    
  Student presentations  
10/23/00    
  PM morbidity studies  
10/25/00    
  Controversies with PM morbidity studies  
10/27/00    
  Student presentations  
10/30/00    
  PM Mortality studies  

 

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11/01/00    
 

Controversies with PM mortality studies

 
11/03/00    
  Student presentations  
11/06/00    
 

Summary of health effects of diesel exhaust particles

 
11/08/00    
  Controversies  

11/10/00

   
  Student presentations  
11/13/00    
 

Summary of health effects of wood smoke and other vegetative combustion products

 
11/15/00  
  Controversies/court cases  
11/17/00    
  Student presentations  
11/20/00    
  Summary of the health effects of sulfuric acid  
11/22/00    
  Sulfuric acid: constituent of PM  
11/24/00    
  THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY - NO CLASS  
11/27/00    
  Student presentations  
11/29/00    
  Asbestos and man-made mineral fibers  

 

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12/01/00    
  Health effects of fibers  
12/04/00    
  Student presentations  
12/06/00    
  Discussion & Wrap Up  

 

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Reference Texts (on Reserve in Health Sciences library)
1) Crystal RG, West JB (eds.). 1997 (2nd ed.). The Lung, Scientific Foundations. Raven Press. 2 vols.
2) Lippmann M. 1992 (2000 edition if available). Environmental Toxicants: Human exposures and their health effects. Wiley, New York.
3) Koenig JQ. 2000. Health effects of ambient air pollution. How safe is the air we breathe? Kulwer Academic Press.
4) Lipfert FW. 1994. Air pollution and community health; A critical review and data source book. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
5) Wilson R, Spengler JD. 1996. Particles in the air. Concentrations and health effects. Harvard University, Cambridge.

 

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Contact the instructor at: dluchtel@u.washington.edu