Global Pediatric Environmental Health

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-350

  Guidotti, Tee L ^a,b   Gitterman, Benjamin A ^b,c  

^a Health Services   (United States)

^b Mid Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GASOLINE; LEAD; ORGANIC MATTER; PESTICIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CHILD CARE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; REVIEW; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY;

CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SANITATION; UNITED NATIONS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34247092472     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2007.03.002     Document Type: Review

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