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Introduction
Old man (born 1927, retired 1992). Since 1952 employed at the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno. At first engaged in protection and promotion of children health, later in environmental and public health (problems of impact of different environmental and lifestyle factors on health). After 1992 engaged mostly in EHIA (Environmental health impact assessment. Especially monitoring health of people living in the vicinity of the two Czech nuclear power plants, Temelín and Dukovany.
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Professor Josef Rocek, MD (1887-1946), founder and head of the Department of Hygiene at the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University (Brno, former Czechoslovakia) in the period 1921-1939, was a respected personality not only at the faculty as an outstanding teacher and scientist but also amongst the general public as a well known expert in water hyg...
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Profesor MUDr. Josef Roček (1887-1946), zakladatel a přednosta ústavu hygieny lékařské fakulty Masarykovy univerzity v Brně v letech 1921 – 1939, byl respektovanou osobností nejen na fakultě jako vzorný pedagog a autor rozsáhlé učebnice, ale i celostátně jako expert v oblasti hygieny vody (pitné i vod odpadových). Kromě soustavné pedagogické...
The Czech national programme "Health 21", launched in 2002, completely failed in the field of primary prevention. The health determinants of life style (smoking, diet, overweight, physical activity, alcohol, drugs) did not improve in the 2002-2011 period. On the contrary, they got worse in some aspects. The incidence of mass non-infectious diseases...
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Ionizing radiation (IR) and health
2.1 Radioactivity and IR
2.1.1. Types of IR
2.1.2 External and internal irradiation
2.1.3 Terms and units
2.2 Impacts of IR on living matter
2.2.1 Biological effects
2.2.2 Effects on health
2.3. Doses of radiation
2.3.1 Characteristics of low doses
2.3.2 Dose/effect relation, irradiati...
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Ionizing radiation (IR) and health
2.1 Radioactivity and IR
2.1.1. Types of IR
2.1.2 External and internal irradiation
2.1.3 Terms and units
2.2 Impacts of IR on living matter
2.2.1 Biological effects
2.2.2 Effects on health
2.3. Doses of radiation
2.3.1 Characteristics of low doses
2.3.2 Dose/effect relation, irradiati...
SUMMARY
The Czech national program „Health 21“, launched in 2002, completely failed in the field of primary prevention. The health determinants of life style (smoking, diet, overweight, physical activity, alcohol, drugs) did not improve in the period 2002 – 2011. On the contrary, they got worse in some aspects. The incidence of mass non-infectious...
Objectives: To describe the levels and trends in basic health characteristics of the population in the vicinity of Temelín power plant before and after starting operation.
Methods: Mortality (general, cardiovascular, cancer, mortality in productive age, years of potential life lost), incidence of 11 types of cancer, incidence of miscarriages and in...
To assess the possible influence of the energy system Dukovany-Dalesice (EDU) on the health of the population living in the vicinity, the authors evaluated indicators of somatic health and manifestations of impaired psychic wellbeing. In the first part of the paper the authors present mortality data. For investigation of indicators of the health st...
In bone samples of 181 humans decreased at the age of 0-99 years from Brno and surroundings, lead content was determined by the method of atomic absorption spectrometry. The geometrical mean of the lead content of the whole set is 2.29 micrograms.g-1 of dry tissue (min 0.26 max. 29.28 micrograms.g-1). With the age the lead content in bone gradually...
In central registry of data on the numbers of newly reported tumours in Czechoslovakia the authors calculated frequency of occurrence in individual types of tumours, trend in the development of incidence for the period 1961-1984 and differences in incidence among the regions in Czechoslovakia. The most frequent types of cancer in men were bronchial...
From commonly available statistical sources of all 76 districts of CSR in the years 1970 and 1978 the authors selected 5 indices of pathology of prenatal and early postnatal age (premature babies, spontaneous abortions, inborn defect, newborn mortality and infant mortality) and 14 geographic indices, economic and social indices which characterize t...
From statistical data on 85 Czech districts, 16 environmental and 38 health variables were selected. This material, statistically evaluated by means of a correlation matrix, revealed multiple statistical correlations between the environment and the health status of the population. Close correlations existed between health and the following environm...
The aim of the work is to contribute to an effective selection of anthropometric signs for the purposes of field examination in the sphere of the hygiene of children and adolescents. Basic material is provided by the bilateral correlation between 33 anthropometric signs and indices computed from data on the growth of 242 children (121 boys and 121...
2. vyd. 1000 výt. Nad názvem: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, Pedagogická fakulta Obsahuje rejstřík
