IHL 6021 - Epidemiology and Environmental Health

Institution:

California Institute of Integral Studies

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Description:

This course reviews major links between environmental contamination, human illness, and disease, and references those links through an epidemiologic lens, or the quantitative measurement of health and illness in local and global human populations. The widespread distribution of environmental pollutants found in the natural environment, foods, the workplace, our homes, and the human body is a major contributor to disease, disability, and death among humans and other species in the biosphere. The class explores major health variables in the contemporary world (e.g., culture, environmental issues, gender, migration, and resource distribution) and analyzes their effect on health and wellness, disease and illness.

Credits:

2.00 - 3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ciis.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 575-6100

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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