03169 - Occupational Hygiene

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Environment and Workplace Prevention Techniques (cod. 8487)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the students will be able to describe the general concepts of the Occupational Medicine and Occupational Hygiene.

Course contents

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Basic principles of occupational hygiene

Human physiology and occupational diseases

Fundamentals of toxicology

 

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT

Health risk assessment

Adverse effects of exposure to chemical risks

Occupational hygiene standards and professional exposure limits.

The industrial hygienist

 

CHEMICAL RISK

Measurement of airborne pollutants

Estimation models

 

BIOLOGICAL RISK

Biological monitoring

 

PHYSICAL RISK

Noise

Vibrations

Thermal environments 

Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation

Readings/Bibliography

Basic principles in occupational hygiene. Occupational Hygiene Training Association. www.OHlearning.com July 2019

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures, real case study, videos, role plays, and practical excercises using occupational hygiene tools. 

Assessment methods

Multiple choice tests, or short written responses to a few questions.

Teaching tools

If needed, they will be distributed directly or via the university website.

Office hours

See the website of Francesca Borghi