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EPID621 Cancer Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Soliman, Amr
Offered every year
Last offered Winter 2008
Prerequisites: EPID 601 or Perm. Instr.
Description: The course will review the socio-demographic magnitude of cancer, basic concepts of cancer biology and the causes of cancer. Methods for evaluating genetic factors, tobacco, alcohol, radiation, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, viruses and nutrition will be reviewed in lectures and by classroom discussion of selected publications.

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