Environmental chemical hazards and child health

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 81, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Mello da Silva, Carlos Augusto ^a,c   Fruchtengarten, Ligia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Controle de Intoxicações de São Paulo CCIPMSP   (Brazil)

^c Fundacao Estadual de Producao e Pesquisa em Saude   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical compounds; Environmental exposure; Environmental pollution

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; PESTICIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEDIATRICS; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; RISK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DANGEROUS GOODS; FEMALE; INFANT; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646044690     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1409     Document Type: Review

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