Protecting Children from Environmental Toxins Toxicity testing of pesticides and industrial chemicals is a crucial step

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 0203-0208

  Lanphear, Bruce P ^a,b,c,d,e   Vorhees, Charles V ^a,b,c,d,e   Bellinger, David C ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Cincinnati Children's Hosp Med C   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; METHYLMERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MERCURIALISM; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EUROPE; LEARNING DISORDER; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 18244364110     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020061     Document Type: Review

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