Children's environmental health: One year in a pediatric environmental health specialty unit

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-56

  Shannon, Michael ^a   Woolf, Alan ^a   Goldman, Rose ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric environmental health; Specialty Units

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; LEAD; MERCURY; PAINT; PESTICIDE; SOLVENT;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOVERNMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MERCURIALISM; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REIMBURSEMENT; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SOIL ANALYSIS; TOXICOLOGY; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0037253611     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2003)003<0053:CSEHOY>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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