Reg No: HNT 2016/9:15
Faculty Board of Health, Science and Technology
Risk Management
Course Reading
Valid from spring semester 2017
| Course Code: | RHG200 |
| Course Title: | Risk and environmental issues from a health perspective Risk- och miljöfrågorna ur ett hälsoperspektiv |
| Credits: | 15 |
| Degree Level: | Bachelor |
Books
Frumkin, Howard.
Environmental Health: From Global to Local, 2nd Edition.
Last edition.
Wiley.
Reports
Health and environment: communicating the risks.
WHO,
2013.
Miljöhälsorapport 2013. Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2013.
Miljökonsekvensbeskrivning och hälsa - Några föroreningskällor - beskrivning och riskbedömning. Socialstyrelsen, 2004.
Albin, Maria, Jakobsson, Kristina, & Djurfeldt, Anders. Miljöns betydelse för sociala skillnader i hälsa. Malmö Stad, Malmö. 2012.
Articles
Costello, A., Abbas, M., Allen, A., Ball, S., Bell, S., Bellamy, R., ... & Lee, M.
2009.
"Managing the health effects of climate change".
The Lancet.
373(9676), 1693-1733.
Lundstrom, T., Pugliese, G., Bartley, J., Cox, J., & Guither, C. Organizational and environmental factors that affect worker health and safety and patient outcomes. American journal of infection control. 30(2), 93-106.
McMICHAEL, A. J., & Lindgren, E. 2011. "Climate change: present and future risks to health, and necessary responses". Journal of internal medicine. 270(5), 401-413.
Plant, Jane, Bone, James, Ragnarsdottir, Kristin Vala, Voulvoulis,Nickalaos. 2011. "Pollutants, human health and the environment – A risk-based approac". Appl.Geochem. 2011, 26, Supplement, 0, S238-S240.
Schulte, P. A., & Chun, H. 2009. "Climate change and occupational safety and health: establishing a preliminary framework". Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene. 6(9), 542-554.
Approved by the Faculty Board of Health, Science and Technology, 9 December 2016