Integrated assessment of environment and health: America's children and the environment

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 447-452

  Kyle, Amy D ^a   Woodruff, Tracey J ^b   Axelrad, Daniel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Child welfare; Children's environmental health; Environmental contaminants; Environmental exposure; Environmental health; Environmental health framework; Environmental health indicators; Environmental pollutants; Integrated assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644781741     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8321     Document Type: Article

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