INTRODUCTORY NOTE (V. Bencko) 9 // PART 1 ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH 15 // 1.1 Biological monitoring and human exposure to xenobiotics // (V. Bencko, P. Rössner, K. Kromerová) 15 // 1.2 Outdoor air pollution (I. Holcátová) 19 // 1.3 Water and health (V. Bencko) 24 // 1.4 Wastewater and solid wastes (V. Bencko) 31 // 1.5 Indoor air pollution (I. Holcátová) 37 // 1.6 Physical factors of environment (A. Schlenker) 45 // PART 2 NUTRITION 68 // 2.1 Nutrients (E. Kudlová) 68 // 2.2 Malnutrition (E. Kudlová) 82 // 2.3 Food composition (E. Kudlová, M. Bušová) 85 // 2.4 Microorganisms in foods and food safety (E. Kudlová) 95 // 2.5 Toxic substances in food (M. Bušová) 99 // 2.6 Dietary recommendations and guidelines (E. Kudlová) 104 // PART 3 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Ill // 3.1 Introduction to occupational health (M. Tucek) Ill // 3.2 Environmental and occupational epidemiology of cancer (V. Bencko) 124 // PART 4 CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH 127 // 4.1 Life cycle approach to child and adolescent health (E. Kudlová) 127 // PART 5 RISK FACTORS OF LIFESTYLE 136 // 5.1 Tobacco dependence: epidemiology, prevention, and treatment (E. Králíková). 136 // 5.2 Obesity and inactivity (E. Kudlová) 150 // PART 6 EPIDEMIOLOGY 152 // 6.1 Principles of epidemiologic studies (H. Pikhart) 152 // 6.2 Statistical methodology in epidemiology (A. Schlenker, J. Zvárová) 162 // 6.3 Epidemiology of infectious diseases (M. Schejbalová) 170 // 6.4 Vaccination (Inoculation) (A. Slámová, M. Schejbalová) 189 // 6.5 Cancer epidemiology (I. Holcátová) 194 // 6.6 Ethical issues in environmental and occupational epidemiology (V. Bencko) 201 //
PART 7 SELECTED SPECIFIC TOPICS 205 // 7.1 Indoor environment quality in hospitals and other health care facilities (V. Bencko). 205 // 7.2 Health risk assessment and human exposure to endocrine disrupters (V. Bencko) 213 // 7.3 Psychosomatic and psychosocial aspects of risk perception (V. Bencko, J. Quinn) 220 // 7.4 Disaster medicine (J. Quinn, V. Bencko) 224 // BIBLIOGRAPHY 232