Children's Health in the Rural Environment

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-133

  Cherry, Debra C ^a,b   Huggins, Barbara ^a,b   Gilmore, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Southwest Center for Pediatric Environmental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMMONIA; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; HEAVY METAL; HORMONE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORUS; SUGAR; TOXIC GAS;

AIR QUALITY; ALGAL BLOOM; ANIMAL CARE; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DIARRHEA; DROWNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACE INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; LIFESTYLE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; NECK INJURY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PNEUMONIA; RECREATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEDIMENT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DROWNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; WATER;

EID: 33846936869     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2006.11.008     Document Type: Review

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