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| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Water, Air and Soil - Fundamental Sources of the Biosphere | p. 3 |
| Biosphere | p. 3 |
| Air | p. 9 |
| Water | p. 10 |
| Soil | p. 11 |
| The Chemistry of Water | p. 14 |
| Composition and structure of pure water | p. 14 |
| Physical properties of water and aqueous solutions | p. 19 |
| Chemical reactions and equilibria in waters | p. 36 |
| Chemical composition of water | p. 66 |
| Natural waters | p. 153 |
| Drinking water | p. 182 |
| Service and industrial waters | p. 196 |
| The recipient and its pollution | p. 206 |
| Wastewaters | p. 214 |
| Physical, physico-chemical and chemical methods of treatment and purification | p. 245 |
| Sludges, their disposal and utilization | p. 269 |
| Chemical analysis of water | p. 279 |
| Biology of Water | p. 326 |
| Foundations of the ecology of aquatic organisms | p. 326 |
| Microbiology of water | p. 355 |
| Macroorganisms in surface waters | p. 407 |
| Macroorganisms of groundwaters and springs | p. 423 |
| Biological wastewater treatment | p. 426 |
| Chemistry of Air | p. 441 |
| Composition and structure of air | p. 441 |
| Polluted air | p. 464 |
| The formation of pollutants in industry and transportation | p. 514 |
| Emission control | p. 545 |
| The analysis of the atmosphere | p. 567 |
| The Biology of the Atmosphere | p. 604 |
| Microbiology of the atmosphere | p. 604 |
| Air palynology | p. 615 |
| The Chemistry of Soil | p. 621 |
| Soil structure | p. 621 |
| The main characteristics of the soil | p. 645 |
| Inorganic substances in the soil | p. 653 |
| Organomineral compounds in the soil | p. 660 |
| The categorization and systematics of soils | p. 662 |
| The pollution of soil by non-natural substances | p. 665 |
| The effect of irrigation, improvement techniques and cultivation on the soil | p. 672 |
| The motion and conversions of chemical substances in the soil | p. 673 |
| Soil analysis | p. 684 |
| Soil Biology | p. 699 |
| Soil microorganisms | p. 699 |
| Soil fauna | p. 719 |
| Human Exposure to Toxic and Hazardous Substances in Water, Air and Soil (Environmental Biochemistry and Toxicology) | p. 724 |
| Toxic substances | p. 724 |
| Routes of toxic substances through the body | p. 726 |
| Metabolism of toxic substances | p. 729 |
| Disturbance of enzyme action | p. 735 |
| Damage to the genetic material - DNA | p. 738 |
| The ecotoxicology of water pollutants | p. 742 |
| The ecotoxicology of air pollutants | p. 776 |
| Ecotoxicology of soil | p. 810 |
| Subject Index | p. 833 |
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