Genes and the environment: Their impact on children's health

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages 817-820

  Suk, William A ^a,b   Collman, Gwen W ^b  

^a Exposure Modelling Branch Hum Exposure Atmosph Sci Division Office of Research and Development   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Developmental; Environment; Exposure; Genes; Genetic; Risk; Susceptibility; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CELL GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA REPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031830099     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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