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308418 (v.1) Environmental Epidemiology and Research Methods 681


Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 
Individual Study: 1 x 4 Hours Weekly
 
Syllabus: Understand basic statistical methods and their application in environmental exposure assessment including Chi-square test, correlation, t-tests and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Basic principles and concepts of descriptive and analytical epidemiology. Epidemiological studies including ecological, time-series and panel studies - selected examples. Case studies. Collecting and evaluating of environmental health information. Limitations and errors in human exposure assessment. Surveillance and epidemiology of communicable disease.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 
Field of Education: 61303 Environmental Health
Funding Cluster: 06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Categorised
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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