Lessons learned for the National Children's Study from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/U.S. Environment Protection Agency Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1414-1418

  Kimmel, Carole A ^a,d   Collman, Gwen W ^b   Fields, Nigel ^a   Eskenazi, Brenda ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Autism; Children; Environmental Health; National Children's Study; NIEHS EPA Children's Centers; Obesity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 27244449434     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7669     Document Type: Article

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