Trends in Environmentally Related Childhood Illnesses

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 1133-1140

  Woodruff, Tracey J ^a   Axelrad, Daniel A ^a   Kyle, Amy D ^b   Nweke, Onyemaechi ^a   Miller, Gregory G ^b   Hurley, Bradford J ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ICF Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cancer; Children; Environmental health; Illness; Surveillance; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONITORING; NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY; NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS SYSTEM; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND END RESULTS PROGRAM;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842429727     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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