Global climate change and children's health

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Shea, Katherine M ^e   Shannon, Michael W ^e   Best, Dana ^e   Binns, Helen J ^e   Forman, Joel A ^e   Johnson, Christine L ^e   Karr, Catherine J ^e   Kim, Janice J ^e   Mazur, Lynnette J ^e   Roberts, James R ^e   Blackburn, Elizabeth ^a   Anderson, Mark ^b   Savage, Sharon ^c   Rogan, Walter ^d   Spire, Paul ^e  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Child; Climate change; Global warming; Health; Pediatric; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GOVERNMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 36048940954     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2646     Document Type: Article

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