Hygiena, 2012 (vol. 57), issue 1

Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):3  

Research on Mosquitoes in Southern Moravia and Their Significance for Health

Oldřich Šebesta, František Rettich, Juraj Peško

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):4-9  

Southern Moravia has long been an area with very high incidence of mosquitoes. Serious problems occur especially in periods of their massive outbreaks, when a person can be attacked by dozens or even hundreds of females per minute. A mosquito calamity is said to occur in a situation where 10 and more attacks per minute are recorded in a township's built-up area apart from the period of highest activity. One also must not rule out the potential here for mosquitoes to be vectors of human diseases. Several types of viruses transmitted by mosquitoes (moboviruses) have been isolated in southern Moravia, in particular the Ťahyňa virus (TAHV) and West Nile...

Sleep Duration in Relation to BMI in Czech Adults

Zlata Piskáčková, Tomáš Zdražil, Martin Forejt, Julie Bienertová Vašků

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):10-16  

Sleep plays a significant role in overall health and in the quality of human life. It is not only important for mental and physical regeneration, but also for the normal functioning of metabolic processes, for the endocrine and immune systems. In modern society there is a gradual shortening of the length of sleep due to a number of factors. In the last decade a number of epidemiological studies suggest that sleeping less than 7 hours a day increases the risk of developing obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and depression and is associated with premature mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate sleep duration...

Alcohol and Breast Cancer - Economic Costs

Iva Šmídová

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):17-21  

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Annually, it affects more than 1 million women worldwide. Thereof, some 11% of the breast cancer incidence can be attributed to alcohol consumption in women. The aim of this article is to create a notion of the proportion of the costs spent to treat breast cancer that can be ascribed to alcohol consumption in the Czech Republic in 2007. The overall amount that is to be spent to treat women patients who regularly consume alcohol is 39 million CZK.

Further Ongoing Education in Public Health in Slovakia - Past and Present

Daniela Mihinová, Mário Ležovič, Jana Babjaková, Andrej Kováč, Jana Boledovičová

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):22-26  

Ongoing education of health professionals is needed in all health disciplines, including public health. To ensure continuity of further education in health professionals it was necessary to establish several conditions for the further education of health professionals in specialized areas of public health. In view of all that, it was necessary to elaborate and approve legislation and other documents relating to the continuing education of health professionals. That legislation and other documents have been complemented and revised over the years. Currently, further education of health professionals in Slovakia is governed by Government Regulation No....

Exposure to Xenobiotics of the Endocrine Disruptors Family and Related Health Risks

Vladimír Bencko

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):27-29  

Industrial emissions contain a wide spectrum of xenobiotics threatening human and animal health including endocrine disruptors which interfere with signalling systems of cells. This group of xenobiotics cause damage to health not only to present generation but constitutes a potential risk to health of generations to come. The first group of that xenobiotics discovered were those influencinng signalling pathways of estrogens. Up today it has been proven experience that some of the family of xenobiotics have adverse effects on signalling pathways of steroidsteroid hormons and thyroideal ones. Endocrine disruptors can act on several etages of the signalling...

Legal Actualities during 1.11.2011-10.1.2012

Eva Nekvindová

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):30-32  

Whither Primary Prevention?

Jaroslav Kotulán

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):33-35  

Institute of Experimental Medicine on the Effects of Ambient Air Pollution in the Ostrava Region

Redakce

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):9  

Food Safety Inspection of Restaurants and Other Outlets in Denmark

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):26  

Acknowledgement to the Liberec Region for Good Practice in Improving Health

Redakce

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):29  

Health and Pollution of the Ambient Air with Ultrafine Particles

Anna Pastorková

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):32  

Jiří Ruprich, a New Professor in Hygiene

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):35  

Hygiena jako poslání - jubilant MUDr. František Kotěšovec

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):36  

Challenges and Limitations of a Use of Epidemiology Data for a Cancer Risk Assessment

Vladimír Bencko

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):37-38  

The Journal Hygiena Included in the EZB Portal

Bohdan Rameš

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):38  

The Global Ecological Integrity Group (GEIG) Conference on Supporting Ecological Integrity in the Context of Public Health, Prague, July 9-16, 2011

Colin L. Soskolne, Vladimír Bencko

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):39  

Kouření a rakovina děložního čípku

Drahoslava Hrubá

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):40  

Amendment to Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection, Approved by the Parliament

Redakce

Hygiena 2012, 57(1):40