The objective of the course is to provide the student with insight in the principles and important issues of environmental and occupational epidemiology. Topics that are covered include time series analyses, assessment of dose-response relationships, use of geographic information systems in exposure assessment, retrospective cohort studies, ecological studies, (correction for) measurement error in exposure and interpretation of studies on mortality (life expectancy versus body counts). Theory will be illustrated by current and emerging topics like climate change and electromagnetic fields.

Period
20-06-2011 - 01-07-2011 (2 weeks)

Target group
The course focuses on MSc and PhD students with a background in epidemiology and statistics, interested in an advanced course in environmental and occupational epidemiology.

Course aim
The course objectives are to: Illustrate epidemiological designs frequently used in environmental epidemiology and less in other applications of (clinical) epidemiology Illustrate new designs for environmental exposure assessment Illustrate the impact of measurement error in exposure on effect estimates Provide practical training in performing specific epidemiological analyses



Credits
3.0 ECTS credits+ Certificate of Attendanc

Course fee
EUR 1500: Course

Course leader
Dr. Gerard Hoek

Scholarships
Utrecht Summer School doesn't offer scholarships for this course.

Utrecht University
Address: PO BOX 80148
Postal code: 3508 TC
City: Utrecht
Country: Netherlands
Website: http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl
E-mail: summerschool@uu.nl
Phone: 0031302534400