Citation
Hertz-Picciotto, Irva & Brunekreef, Bert (2001). Environmental Epidemiology: Where We've Been and Where We're Going. Epidemiology, 12(5), 479-481.Abstract
The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) held its first meeting in Brookhaven, NY, in September 1989. Three months later, the first issue of Epidemiology was published. Beginning with the November 1994 issue, this Journal became the official publication of ISEE. The Journal and the Society both have flourished through their interaction. We take this opportunity in the pages of the Journal to reflect on the past and future of environmental epidemiology.The traditional concerns of environmental epidemiology have been the contamination of air, water, and food. In western countries, as sanitary measures reduced the burden of disease from biological pathogens, the focus increasingly shifted to chemical and physical agents. Several accomplishments during the last half of the 20th century can be attributed to environmental epidemiology, although each achievement is accompanied by some unfinished business.
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001648-200109000-00002Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2001Journal Title
EpidemiologyAuthor(s)
Hertz-Picciotto, IrvaBrunekreef, Bert