Environment and Workplace Prevention Techniques

Contents: Introduction to pathology: etiology and pathogenesis. Cell injury: overview of causes and mechanisms of cell injury; oxygen deprivation and depletion of ATP, oxidative stress. Irreversible cell injury and cell death: necrosis and apoptosis. Environmental pathology: Thermal injuries: thermal burns, hyperthermia, hypothermia; Electrical injuries; Injuries related to changes in atmospheric pressure: decompression disease, blast injury; Radiation injury: diseases of exposure to ionizing and ultraviolet radiation; Electromagnetic fields; Occupational exposures: outdoor air pollution, indoor air pollution, industrial exposures. The reaction to injurious agents: general features of inflammation and sistemic effects of inflammation, the acute phase reponse and fever. Oncology: definitions and nomenclature, grading and staging of tumors, biology of tumor cells, benign and malignant neoplasms, molecular basis of cancer; local invasion and metastasis.

At the beginning of the didactic activity the student must know the basics of genetics, biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology.

- Kumar, Fausto, Abbas & Aster Mitchell - Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 9th Edition, 2016

-The teaching is based on lectures and forum groups.

classroom lectures and forum groups

-Ongoing tests and oral examination.

-The teaching is based on lectures and forum groups.