Data
Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2021-2022
Course director
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Dr. Csaba VARGA
professor,
Department of Public Health Medicine -
Number of hours/semester
lectures: 7 hours
practices: 7 hours
seminars: 0 hours
total of: 14 hours
Subject data
- Code of subject: OAA-KET-T
- 1 kredit
- General Medicine
- Basic modul
- autumn
OAA-AED-T completed , OAA-BI2-T completed , OAA-BEB-T completed
Exam course:yes
Course headcount limitations
min. 1
Topic
The aim of the course is the introduction into the environmental related health impacts and with a particular focus on the prevention.
Lectures
- 1. Ecology - Dr. Varga Csaba
- 2. Global warming – climate change - Bérczi Bálint Dániel
- 3. Outdoor air pollution - Dr. Szabó István
- 4. Indoor air pollution - Dr. Szabó István
- 5. Health impacts of water and soil - Dr. Varga Csaba
- 6. Contaminants of the anthropocene - Dr. Szabó István
- 7. Contaminants of the anthropocene - Dr. Szabó István
Practices
- 1. Water chemistry laboratory practical I.
- 2. Water chemistry laboratory practical II.
- 3. Water microbiology laboratory practical I.
- 4. Water microbiology laboratory practical II.
- 5. Health effects of physical exposures I.: Radiations, electromagnetic fields.
- 6. Radiation hygienic laboratory practical
- 7. Aerobiology.
Seminars
Reading material
Obligatory literature
Literature developed by the Department
Educational material uploaded on Neptun.
Notes
Recommended literature
Tompa (editor): Basic Principles of Public Health, ISBN: 978 963 9879 13 3
Conditions for acceptance of the semester
Absence of 2x45 minutes from practical is acceptable. Above this the semester cannot be accepted.
In the 8th semester students have to do a final exam of Public Health, for it they need completed courses, which are the followings: The basics of Disease Prevention (OAABMA), General Epidemiology and Demography (OAAAED), Environmental Health (OAAKET), Preventive Medicine (OAPNEO), Detailed Epidemiology (OAKREP), Occupational Hygiene and Occupational Medicine (OAKMFO).
Mid-term exams
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Making up for missed classes
Students may attend the practical of another group on the same week. Pre-consultation with practical leader is needed.
Exam topics/questions
- Rely on material from lectures and seminars
- Educational material uploaded on Neptun
Public Health 3 - topics for the oral exam
1, Ecology 1, Organization levels, Gaia theory, competition, niche-theory
2, Ecology 2, Population in biology, ecosystem, food-chain, diversity
3, Ecology 3, Interactions among populations, Lotka-Volterra model, population growth
4, Ecology 4, Human ecology, Special situation of the human population(s) in the ecosystem
5, Ecology 5. Meadows’ models, global problems, examples from the game theory
6, The etiological factors of global warming.
7, The direct health related effects of global warming.
8, The indirect health related effects of global warming.
9, The effect of climate change on biodiversity.
10, Socioeconomic effects - The future situation of food and water: Access and Safety.
11, Health effects of air pollution
12, Outdoor air pollution 1, Elements of air pollution. Atmospheric transmission.
13, Outdoor air pollution 2, The role of the ozone layer
14, Outdoor air pollution 3, Major pollutants
15, Outdoor air pollution 4, Residential solid fuel combustion
16, Outdoor air pollution 5, Smogs
17, Indoor air pollution 1, Major pollutants
18, Indoor air pollution 2, carbon-monoxide
19, Indoor air pollution 3, Biological pollutants
20, Indoor air pollution 4, Sick building syndrome and Building related illness
21, Water 1, Global water resources, water demands, water balance
22, Water 2, Water 2, Hydrological cycles
23, Water 3, Essential ions in drinking water
24, Water 4, Water pollutants/contaminants: classification, effects
25, Water 5, The Minamata disaese; arsenic in drinking water
26, Water 6, Secondary contaminants
27, Water 7, Water-borne epidemics, crucial infectious agents
28, Water 8, Water-soluble forms of iodine, effects; iodine in water and soil
29, Hazardous wastes, applied tests; Self-purification of waters
30, The scope of environmental-health. Man and the environment.
31, Organizations related to environmental-health
32, The IARC monograph programme.
33, Basics of ecotoxicology. Circulation of pollutants.
34, Stockholm convention and POP compounds
35, Asbestos
36, Glyphosate
37, Systemic insecticides and honeybees
38, Electromagnetic radiations and their health effects and prevention
39, Major polluting radioisotopes and their health effect
40, Aerobiology
41, Significance and measurement of UV radiation (laboratory practice)
42, Significance and measurement of radon exposure (laboratory practice)
43, UV radiation in the atmosphere – The Chapman-cycle
44, Dose-response curves, thresholds
45, Water microbiology (laboratory practice): applied techniques and parameters used for evaluation
46, Water chemistry I (laboratory practice): nitrogen forms, hardness
47, Water chemistry II (laboratory practice): chlorine in water, pH
Examiners
- Dr. Berényi Károly
- Dr. Gyöngyi Zoltán
- Dr. Kiss István Zoltán
- Dr. Németh Katalin
- Dr. Szendi Katalin
- Dr. Varga Csaba
Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars
- Bérczi Bálint Dániel
- Dr. Gyöngyi Zoltán
- Dr. Szendi Katalin