Chemicals and children's environment: What we don't know about risks

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages 875-880

  Goldman, Lynn R ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Child health; Environmental health; Pesticides; Risk assessment; Toxic chemicals

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; DRUG; FOOD ADDITIVE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGEN TESTING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD QUALITY; GOVERNMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031855540     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106875     Document Type: Conference Paper

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