Environmental Health and Biomedicine

Health problems related to the environment are causing increasing concern all over the world. The health of the population depends upon society's ability to ensure good quality air, water, soil, and food and to eliminate or considerably reduce hazards from the human environment. Society's ability to achieve these objectives is greatly dependent on the development of modelling and interpretive techniques that allow decision-makers to assess the risk posed by various factors, as well as to suggest improvements. Environmental Health Risk VI contains contributions presented at the Sixth International Conference on the Impact of Environmental Factors on Health. The successful biennial series began in 1997 and covers such topics as: Air Pollution; Water and Soil Quality Issues; Risk Prevention and Monitoring; Ecology and Health; Food Safety; Toxicology Analysis; Occupational Health; Control of pollution risk; Mitigation problems, Disaster management and preparedness, Epidemiological studies and pandemics, Radiation fields, Waste disposal, Industrial safety and hygiene, Social and economic issues, Accidents and man-made risks, The built environment and health, Designing for health, Contamination in rural areas, Climate change and adaptation, Educational projects, and Environmental education and risk abatement.