title: [Protection of the environment, protection of the health. Note 1 - fluvial monitoring: cultural evolution and methodological evolution].
abstract: The article underlines the fundamental importance of the protection and promotion of environmental quality for the human health. The evolution of fluvial monitoring techniques is contemplated from chemical and bacteriological analysis until the Index Functional Index (I.F.F). This evolution it's very important because shows a new methodological and cultural maturation that has carried from a anthropocentric vision until an ecocentric vision. The target of this ecological vision is the re-establishment of ecological functionality of the rivers, eliminating the consumer's vision of the water considered only as a usable resource. The importance of an correct monitoring of a river is confirmed, even though the preventive approach priority remains.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Sanità Pubblica, Sezione Scienze Igienistiche e Sanitarie Ambientali, Università, degli Studi di Camerino. mario.cocchioni@unicam.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cocchioni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scuri
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morichetti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petrelli
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grappasonni
mesh_terms: D004463:Ecology; D004782:Environmental Health; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D045483:Rivers / Q000382:microbiology; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control