Adolescent health and the environment

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 355-362

  Golub, Mari S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Animal; Exposure; Health effects; Human; Postnatal; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANABOLIC AGENT; CADMIUM; LEAD; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD HEALTH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RISK; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOGENESIS; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETON; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0034018883     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108355     Document Type: Article

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