ICYA-4123 Exposure Assessment for Atmospheric Pollutants

Foundations of Atmospheric Chemistry: Transformation of the atmosphere, photo-disassociation, free radicals, solar flow, albedo, organic reactions, chemical cycles, residence time and destination, and physical removal processes. Particulate matter: general types, sedimentation speed, size distributions, accelerated movement, impaction, condensation, and evaporation. Toxicology basics: dose-response curves, cellular biology, absorption mechanisms, partition coefficient, transportation through membranes, internal distributions, biotransformation, elimination, mutagenesis, carcinogenesis. Public Health and the environment: patterns of human activity, personal cloud, personal exposure, inside pollution, characterization of micro-environments, concept of fraction ingested.

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