OVERVIEW 

1. How this web site works
2. Getting started
3. Course Description
4. Terms / textbook
5. People in Environmental Health

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Getting started

With time, I hope you will find this web site to be helpful. However, I also know that technology can sometimes turn on us! With that in mind, please consider the following common sense recommendations:

1. When all else fails, contact me! You can contact me:

• by phone (818-677-4708),
• by fax (818-677-2045), or
• by email,

2. Don't forget the other traditional sources:

• Consult the teaching assistants.
• Consult the textbook.
• Talk with your classmates.

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Course Description

   Instructor:       Thomas H. Hatfield, R.E.H.S., Dr.P.H. 
   Office Hours:  MTW 12:15-1:15   (Eng. Room 2101-H)  
   Phone:             Office:    818-677-4708        FAX:    818-677-2045
                           Internet:  THOMAS.HATFIELD@CSUN.EDU
 
   Objectives:       Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
     1. Differentiate risk assessment, risk perceptions, risk communication and risk management.
     2. Define five major types of error in risk analysis.               
     3. Describe four fundamental steps of risk assessment.               
     4. Distinguish between rating models, analytical models, and  numerical models of risk assessment, and 
         select an appropriate model for a given situation. 
     5. Explain and measure multi-media transfer.             
     6. Define single-hit, multi-hit, multi-stage, and other models of dose-response used in risk assessment.
    
         

6. Textbook / Terms:

My textbook was published by the National Environmental Health Association in July of 2002. It ultimately takes the place of the modules that were used previously on this web site. All references on this web site to chapters, exams, etc. are based on this textbook.