title: Abstracts from the International Conference and Central and Eastern European Chapter Meeting of International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Čeladná, Czech Republic, November 26–29, 2007.
abstract: Dear Readers, You are holding in your hand the Supplement to the Central European Journal of Public Health dedicated to a highly relevant event, the ISEE CEE Chapter Conference (Young vision and expert know-how in environmental epidemiology) to be held in Čeladná, Czech Republic. We all consider epidemiology as a fundamental discipline of public health protection. Environmental epidemiology has been, particularly in the last decades, an important source of crucial information on the impact of environmental determinants on human health. Already the second chairmanship of the ISEE Central European group is a challenge and at the same time an opportunity to present results of research teams from countries where economics and support for research had not reached adequate levels to allow massive participation of their experts in the ISEE Conference held in Mexico in September 2007. I am very happy that the National Institute of Public Health is providing support not only by the participation in the specialized programme but also as the editor of this Supplement.
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D011634:Public Health