Children are likely to suffer most from our fossil fuel addiction

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 987-990

  Perera, Frederica P ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cancer; Climate change; Energy; Fetal and child development; Fossil fuel; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; METAL; NITROGEN OXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFUR OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FLOODING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALNUTRITION; NOTE; POLICY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FETUS; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREJUDICE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 51249089530     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11173     Document Type: Note

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