Environmental health sciences education - A tool for achieving environmental equity and protecting children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages 849-855

  Claudio, Luz ^a   Torres, Teresa ^b   Sanjurjo, Eva ^b   Sherman, Lloyd R ^a   Landrigan, Philip J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hunt's Point Awareness Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's health; Community education; Community outreach; Environmental health sciences; Minority populations

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUNSELING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031858368     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106849     Document Type: Conference Paper

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