Environmental exposure and children's health in China

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-73

  Ye, Xibiao ^a   Fu, Hua ^a   Guidotti, Tee ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical exposure; Children; Exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; LEAD; METHYLMERCURY; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID; TOBACCO SMOKE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ARSENIC; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS;

EID: 41649115503     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.62.2.61-73     Document Type: Article

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