39579 - Occupational Diseases Radioprotection

Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Environment and Workplace Prevention Techniques (cod. 8487)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student is able to know the mechanisms of action of ionizing and non-ionizing radiations and their potential damage to human health as well as  to know the main elements of medical and physical radiation protection.

Course contents

  • Nuclear accidents
  • Basics of Nuclear Physics
  • The main measures of dose
  • Radiobiology
  • Deterministic effects and stochastic effects
  • Cosmic Radiation
  • Radon
  • Exposures in the medical field
  • Reference legislation
  • Risk assessment
  • Electromagnetic fields and artificial optical radiation
  • Work-related pathologies

Readings/Bibliography

  • Legislation on radiation protection (Legislative Decree 101/2020)
  • Didactic material provided by the teacher

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

Oral exam with questions aimed at verifying the acquired knowledge.

Teaching tools

Power point presentations, scientific articles, videos.

Office hours

See the website of Manuela Pantaleo