Children's health and the environment: A new agenda for prevention research

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages 787-794

  Landrigan, Philip J ^a   Carlson, Joy E ^b   Bearer, Cynthia F ^c   Cranmer, Joan Spyker ^d   Bullard, Robert D ^e   Etzel, Ruth A ^f   Groopman, John ^g   McLachlan, John A ^h   Perera, Frederica P ⁱ   Routt Reigart, J ^j   Robison, Leslie ^k   Schell, Lawrence ^l   Suk, William A ^m  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Environ Health Network   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e Clark University   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Columbia Univ Sch of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

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Author keywords

Environmental health; Environmental toxicology; Health policy; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BRAIN CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HYPOSPADIAS; INCIDENCE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; TOXICITY;

EID: 17444438712     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106787     Document Type: Conference Paper

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