Pediatric environmental health education: A survey of US pediatric residency program

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-59

  Roberts, James R ^a   Gitterman, Benjamin A ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Health; Pediatric education

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN; DIOXIN; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD QUALITY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD POISONING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SMOKING CESSATION; TEACHER; TEACHING; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0037256495     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2003)003<0057:PEHEAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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