Environment shapes health, including children's mental health

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-131

  Jackson, Richard J J ^a   Tester, June ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 38549178845     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/chi.0b013e31815d6944     Document Type: Article

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