Public Health 390AS - Food Toxicology

This course is designed to teach fundamentals of toxicology with an emphasis on food toxicology. Topics to be discussed include mechanisms of toxicity, absorption, metabolism, distribution and excretion of food toxins, dose-response relationships, major mechanisms of toxicity, sources and major groups of food toxins, toxicity testing methods and risk assessment.

Open to Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Public Health majors only. Biology 1xx & Chemistry 1xx