[The EUROPOP Project. European Programme of Occupational Risks and Pregnancy Outcomes]

Efforts to obtain an objective view of the working and living conditions of European women and in particular the influence of these conditions on the course of pregnancy were the reason why in 1994 within research activities of the EC a project EUROPOP (European Programme of Occupational Risk and Pregnancy Outcome) was adopted and started. Seventeen countries incl. the Czech Republic were asked to participate. The research proper was conducted in 57 maternity institutions. In the Czech Republic the Olomouc region was selected with the Gynaecological and Obstetric Clinic in Olomouc as the coordinating centre. All 13 gynaecological and obstetric departments of the Olomouc catchment area were included in the trial.