Environmental threats to children's health in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1340-1347

  Suk, William A ^a   Mathuros Ruchirawat, Kuhnying ^b   Balakrishnan, Kalpana ^c   Berger, Martha ^d   Carpenter, David ^e   Damstra, Terri ^f   Pronczuk de Garbino, Jenny ^f   Koh, David ^g   Landrigan, Philip J ^h   Makalinao, Irma ⁱ   Sly, Peter D ^j   Xu, Y ^k   Zheng, B S ^l  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CHULABHORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

^c SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^h MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^j Child Health Research   (United States)

^k INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^l INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

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Author keywords

Bangkok; Children's environmental health; Exposure; Lead; Mercury; Risk; Southeast Asia; Western Pacific

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; LEAD; METHYL ISOCYANATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFANT; LANDFILL; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAKISTAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WATER CONTAMINATION; WOOD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0042975397     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6059     Document Type: Article

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