Today's epidemics in children: Possible relations to environmental pollution and suggested preventive measures

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 95, Issue SUPPL. 453, 2006, Pages 18-25

  Van Den Hazel, Peter ^a   Zuurbier, Moniek ^a   Babisch, Wolfgang ^c   Bartonova, Alena ^d   Bistrup, Marie Louise ^e   Bolte, Gabriele ^f   Busby, Chris ^g   Butter, Maureen ^h   Ceccatelli, Sandra ⁱ   Fucic, Aleksandra ^j   Hanke, Wojtec ^k,l   Johansson, Carolina ⁱ   Kohlhuber, Martina ^f   Leijs, Marike ^b   Lundqvist, Christofer ^m,n   Moshammer, Hanns ^o   Naginiene, Rima ^p   Preece, Alan ^q   Ronchetti, Roberto ^r   Salines, Georges ^s   Saunders, Margaret ^q   Schoeters, Greet ^t   Stilianakis, Nikolaos ^u   Ten Tusscher, Gavin ^k   Koppe, Janna G ^b,v   more..

^a Public Health Services Gelderland Midden   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

^g Green Audit   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^j INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^k Department of Environmental Epidemiology ^*  (Netherlands)

^l MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^m Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services   (Norway)

ⁿ ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^o MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^p KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^q BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^r SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^s INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^t FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^u JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^v Ecobaby Foundation   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

Children; Environment; Epidemic; Health

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKYLPHENOL; DIOXIN; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLAME RETARDANT; LEAD; METHYLMERCURY; OZONE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ATOPY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BABY FOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CRYPTORCHISM; DEL CASTILLO SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; GLYCATION; HAY FEVER; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEARNING DISORDER; NEUROBLASTOMA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLLUTION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; SMOKING; STRESS; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 33749055088     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035320600885846     Document Type: Review

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