UM SPH Academic Courses

EHS506 Principles of Toxicology

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Richardson, Rudy
Prerequisites: Biology, Organic Chemistry, Grad Standing or Perm. Instr.
Description: Principles underlying the chemical, physiological and anatomical basis of toxicity. Dose-response relationships, toxicokinetics, and biotransformation, mechanisms of cellular injury and death, organ system toxicity, developmental toxicology, genotoxicity and toxicogenomics, and chemical carcinogenesis. Principles will be illustrated where appropriate with specific examples of toxicity from environmental contaminants and pharmaceutical agents.