Examining childhood development in contaminated urban settings

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2000, Pages 389-393

  Guillette, Elizabeth A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood development; Contaminants; Rapid assessment; Urban children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; COMMUNITY; CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0033910446     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108s3389     Document Type: Article

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