Class
Schedule
Course
instructors: Dan Luchtel, Jane Koenig
MWF
10:30-11:20, Room T474A
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Lecture
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Course Outline & Lecture
Schedule
09/25/00 |
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Introduction;
historical review; air pollution trends; issues
to be covered in class.
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Koenig |
09/27/00 |
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Anatomy
and histology of the respiratory tract. |
Luchtel |
9/29/00 |
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Physiology
of the respiratory tract. |
Koenig |
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TOP| SEPT| OCT
| NOV | DEC |
10/02/00 |
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Ozone: production, fate, pectrum
of mechanisms and
effects
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Luchtel |
10/04/00 |
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Discussion
of specific ozone effects |
Koenig |
10/06/00 |
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Student
presentations |
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10/09/00 |
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Other
gaseous pollutants: NO2 and SO2; contrast and
compare
|
Luchtel |
10/11/00 |
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Summary
of health effects |
Koenig |
10/13/00 |
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Student
presentations |
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10/16/00
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PM: size distributions, sources, regulatory issues |
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10/18/00 |
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Summary
of controlled studies |
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10/20/00
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Student
presentations |
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10/23/00 |
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PM
morbidity studies |
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10/25/00
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Controversies
with PM morbidity studies |
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10/27/00 |
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Student
presentations |
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10/30/00 |
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PM
Mortality studies |
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TOP| SEPT| OCT
| NOV | DEC |
11/01/00 |
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Controversies
with PM mortality studies
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11/03/00 |
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Student
presentations |
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11/06/00
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Summary
of health effects of diesel exhaust particles
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11/08/00
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Controversies |
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11/10/00
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Student
presentations |
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11/13/00 |
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Summary of health effects of
wood smoke and other vegetative combustion products
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11/15/00 |
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Controversies/court
cases |
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11/17/00
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Student
presentations |
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11/20/00
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Summary
of the health effects of sulfuric acid |
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11/22/00 |
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Sulfuric
acid: constituent of PM |
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11/24/00 |
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THANKSGIVING
HOLIDAY - NO CLASS |
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11/27/00 |
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Student
presentations |
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11/29/00 |
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Asbestos
and man-made mineral fibers |
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TOP| SEPT| OCT
| NOV | DEC |
12/01/00 |
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Health
effects of fibers |
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12/04/00 |
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Student
presentations |
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12/06/00 |
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Discussion
& Wrap Up |
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TOP| SEPT| OCT
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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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