Trials and tribulations of protecting children from environmental hazards

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1609-1612

  Lanphear, Bruce P ^a   Paulson, Jerome ^b   Beirne, Sandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assent; Children; Consent; Controls; Environmental exposure; Ethics; Health; Policy; Prevention; Research

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; POLLUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GUIDELINES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS;

EID: 33749437752     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9001     Document Type: Article

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