Hygiena, 2011 (vol. 56), issue 1
EDITORIAL
National Health, the Program HEALTH 21 and Prevention
Jaroslav Kotulán
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):3-4
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Impact Assessment of PM10 Concentrations on Mortality and Morbidity in Ostrava during Smog Episodes
Hana Tomášková, Ivan Tomášek, Hana Šlachtová, Helena Šebáková
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):5-10
The current level of PM10 pollution is associated with an increase in mortality and morbidity. The city Ostrava is one of the areas with deteriorated air quality and with occurrence of smog situations during winter months. The method of calculation of attributive proportions recommended by the WHO was used for evaluating the theoretical impact of the 2010 smog episode on mortality and morbidity. Attributive proportions express the proportion of cases due to the increase of short-term PM10 concentrations. The 2010 smog situation was compared with the smog episode in 2009. Results showed an almost twice as high estimated proportion...
Effects of Low Frequency Noise from Open Air Music Festivals on Unconcerned People in the Surrounding Areas
Pavel Junek, Dana Potužníková, Tomáš Hellmuth, Lubomír Píša, Ivan Kučera
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):11-17
Low frequency noise in the frequency range below 200 Hz has a very low attenuation through the open air, walls, windows and other barriers. It propagates over very large distances and can cause standing waves and resonances in dwellings. Therefore, the acoustic fields can be non homogenous in the embosomed areas. Some of the sources of low frequency noise are musical instruments. Presently, open air festivals have become a part of our everyday life, and sleep disturbance is commonly reported by people living in surrounding areas. The authors of the paper relate complaints of citizens from the surroundings of the open air festivals locations with low...
REVIEW PAPERS
Nutrition Screening Tools for Hospitalized Patients
Radka Kozáková, Darja Jarošová, Renáta Zeleníková, Soňa Bocková
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):18-21
Malnutrition in hospitalized patients is rarely a timely diagnosis. Studies indicate 30-60% of patients were malnourished in accordance with hospital admission. By the early detection of nutritional disorders in patients. Deterioration may be avoided in functional performance, serious health complications, increased morbidity and mortality and quality of life deterioration. A combination of several examination methods is usually implemented in practice. The aim of this paper is to make known the basic standardized tests for assessment of nutrition in health facilities.
Smoking and Skin Aging
Petra Trojanová, Fuad Alradhi, Drahoslava Hrubá
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):22-25
Smoking contributes to the initiation and progression of many diseases, including the damages of the skin. A variety of epidemiological, clinical and experimental studies described the enhanced risk of different skin diseases among smokers, namely premature skin aging, poor wound healing, acne, psoriasis, eczema, hair lost, palmoplantar pustulosis, systemic lupus erythematodes. The brief overview offers the actual knowledge about associations between smoking and premature skin aging: that of smoking being twice as high as chronical exposure to sunburn. Causal relationships were verified, as many different mechanisms of action were found: mechanical,...
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Legal Actualities during 1.8.2010-31.12.2010
Eva Nekvindová
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):26-27
Two Recollections from the History of the Public Health Service
František Kotěšovec
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):28-29
The author brings forth recollections on the activities of the Public Health Service in years past. Mentioned is the effort in the protection of health and the environment in the vicinity of a rock and soil dump for the uncovering of a large opencast coalmine, and the initial days of poliomyelitis vaccination with the Salk vaccine and then with the Sabin vaccine.
DISCUSSION
The 85th Anniversary of the Founding of the NIPH - Society's Attitudes towards Prevention Then and Now
Milena Černá
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):30
The Hungarian "Redsludge" Tragedy from the Public Health Perspective
František Kožíšek
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):31
NEWS
Public Health Inspections in Canada
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):17
Women, Smoking, and Marketing of the Tobacco Industry
Redakce
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):21
The Laboratory Capacity of the State Public Health Inspection in Poland
Redakce
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):21
A Hundred Years Since the First International Exhibition of Hygiene in Dresden
Redakce
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):25
WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality
Redakce
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):27
The Public Health Agency of Canada
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):29
Final Report from the Seminar Health Promotion in EU Projects
Věra Kernová
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):32
Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee of the Association of Public Health and Community Medicine of the Czech Medical Association JEP, 15 December 2010
František Kožíšek, Pavel Dlouhý
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):33
Report of the Meeting of the Committee of the Association of Public Health and Community Medicine of the Czech Medical Association JEP, 16 February 2011
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):34-35
International Health Regulations: Theory - Legislation - Implementation - Interconnections
Ladislav Hegyi
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):35
The Faculty of Public Health in United Kingdom
Redakce
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):35
WHO: Second-Hand Smoke Kills 600,000 a Year
Redakce
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):36
Tasks of the State Public Health Inspection in Poland
Redakce
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):36
Information to the Readers and Authors
Redakce
Hygiena 2011, 56(1):36