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Section 1 Identifying the problem; 1 Irene A. Kreis: Introduction to Environmental Epidemiology for Health Protection, illustrated with a case study on lead through the ages; 2 Giovanni Leonardi: Epidemiology of environmental hazards, illustrated with a case study on landfill concerns and water (acute and chronic issues); 3 Irene A. Kreis and David Cromwell: Literature reviews, systematic but how and why? Illustrated with case studies on dioxin; 4 Fred Woudenberg: Communication in epidemiological studies, illustrated with a case study on a gas-factory terrain clean-up; 5 Harrie van Dijk and Wilfried Notten: Identifying and dealing with high-risk groups systematically and transparently, illustrated with a case study on Q fever; 6 Oliver Morgan and Sue Odams: Health registers as a tool for disaster epidemiology, illustrated with a case study on a fireworks explosion; Section 2 Assessing the problems and developing a scoping study; 7 Sotiris Vardoulakis: Environmental measurements, illustrated with a case study on ambient air pollution; 8 Ariana Zeka: Exposure assessment for epidemiology, illustrated with a case study on air quality in schools; 9 Virginia Murray and Rachel MacLehose: Toxicology and its practical use in chemical incident response, illustrated with a case study on mercury; 10 Raquel Duarte-Davidson: Risk assessment, illustrated with a case study on carcass removal in a Foot & Mouth epidemic; 11 Sam Bracebridge, Alex Elliot, and Gillian Smith: Real-time syndromic surveillance, illustrated with a case study on an oil depot explosion; 12 Rebecca Close, Mike Studden, Araceli Busby, and Giovanni Leonardi: Routine data, illustrated with a case study on carbon monoxide; 13 Leslie Jones: Geographic Information Services (GIS), illustrated with a case study on Legionaires’ disease outbreak; Section 3 Environmental epidemiology design and problem analysis; 14 Irene A. Kreis and David Cromwell: Study designs for public health investigations: basic concepts and practice, illustrated with a case study on asthma; 15 Helen Maguire,Irene.A. Kreis, and Virginia Murray: Field epidemiology: logistics, illustrated with case studies on a Legionella outbreak and a child blood lead survey; 16 Araceli Busby: Data quality, illustrated with a case study on congenital eye defects; 17 Dominik Zenner: Applied statistical techniques, illustrated with case studies on a cancer cluster and PCB in human milk; 18 Sue Odams: Ethics in environmental epidemiology, illustrated with a case study on lead levels in children; Section 4 Special topics; 19 Marjon Drijver, Araceli Busby, and Irene A. Kreis: Cluster investigations, illustrated with a case study on childhood leukaemia in a cut-flower community; 20 Virginia Murray: Occupational epidemiology, illustrated with a case study on bladder cancer; 21 Colin Muirhead and Jill Meara: Radiation, illustrated with case studies on extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency electromagnetic fields; 22 Catriona Carmichael and Graham Bickler: Heatwave plan evaluation; 23 Carla Stanke: Analysis of mental health impacts of flooding; 24 Virginia Murray: Chemical Incidents, illustrated with a case study on an oil depot explosion; 25 Helen Smethurst: Odours incidents and epidemiology, illustrated with a case study on trans-border transmissions; 26 Irene A. Kreis and David A. Griffiths: Decision model for an investigation, illustrated with a case study on odours and dust; Index

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