- Docente: Patrizia Hrelia
- Credits: 3
- SSD: BIO/14
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Health Professions of Prevention Sciences (cod. 8878)
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from Mar 05, 2025 to Apr 09, 2025
Learning outcomes
Students know the principles and the methods for risk evaluation in human population exposed to toxic compounds in the environment and the workplace.
Course contents
Toxicology and Society.
General characteristics of the toxic responses.
Classification of toxic agents.
Spectrum of undesired effects.
Dose-response.
Mechanisms of toxicity: Tissue necrosis, apoptosis, fibrosis, mutagenesis, carcinogenesis, teratogenesis.
Risk assessment: hazard identification, dose-response assessment, risk characterization.
Case studies: heavy metals, pesticides, mycotoxins, algal toxins, endocrine disruptors, persistant organic pollutants.
Readings/Bibliography
Lecture files and the notes taken in class are essential for the preparation of the exam.
Students can refer to:
Casarett & Doull -Elementi di Tossicologia ( a cura di Hrelia P e Cantelli Forti G), Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano, 2013
C.L. Galli, E. Corsini, M. Marinovich - Tossicologia - Piccin, Padova, 2016.
Lecture files will be available at the University of Bologna site https://iol.unibo.it
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars.
Assessment methods
The exam will consist in an oral evaluation aimed at assessing the student's understanding and knowledge of the topics set out during the course.
Teaching tools
PC, websites.
The file of the lessons will be available at AMS Campus -AlmaDL - University of Bologna : http://campus.unibo.it [http://campus.unibo.it/]
Office hours
See the website of Patrizia Hrelia
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.