Environmental Epidemiology

Roberto Bertollini, M.D., M.P.H., has been the Director of the Rome Division of the European Centre for Environment and Health of the WHO Regional Office for Europe since 1993. Michael D. Lebowitz, Ph.D., is currently Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Environmental Medicine) and Epidemiology, Chair of the Epidemiology Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, and Associate Director (and Head of Environmental Programs) of the Respiratory Sciences Center in the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Rodolfo Saracci is currently Director of Research for IARC, Lyons. David Savitz, Ph.D., is Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health.

Part 1: Exposure









1. Air Pollution


David H. Wegman









2. Radon


Olav Axelson









3. Asbestos


Benedetto Terracini









4. Evaluation of Risks Associated with hazardous Waste


Anthony B. Miller









5. Epidemiologic Research Priorities on the Health Risk of Drinking water Contaminants


Kenneth P. Connor









6. Pesticides and Cancer: Status and Priorities


Aaron Blair and Sheila H. Zahm









7. Overview of Evidence and Research Needs Concerning Electromagnetic Fields and Health


David A Savitz









8. Man-Made Chemical Disasters


Pier Alberto Bertazzi


Part 2: Disease









9. Neoplastic Diseases (Lung Cancer Excludes)


Lorenzo Simonato









10. Lung Cancer


Goran Pershagen









11. Noncarcinogenic Respiratory Disease


Michael D. Lebowitz


Part 3: Methods









12. Small-Area Studies


Paul Elliott









13. Uses of Biochemical Markers in Environmental Epidemiology


Paolo Vineis









14. Exposure Assessment in Environmental Epidemiology


Bert Brunekreef





15. Needs and Requirements for Undergraduate and Graduate Training in Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology









Wieslaw Jedrychowski