Environmental health for practicing pediatricians

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 853-860

  Etzel, Ruth A ^a,e   Balk, Sophie J ^b   Reigart, J Routt ^c   Landrigan, Philip J ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PESTICIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEDIATRICIAN; REVIEW; TOXICITY;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 0141857393     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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