Children's environmental health: Intergenerational equity in action - A civil society perspective

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1140, Issue , 2008, Pages 190-200

  Lloyd Smith, Mariann ^a,b   Sheffield Brotherton, Bro ^b,c,d  

^a International POPs Elimination Network   (Australia)

^b National Toxics Network Inc   (Australia)

^c Sustainable Solutions Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children's environmental health; Civil society; Intergenerational equity

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIRTH DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSE DUST; HYPOSPADIAS; LEARNING DISORDER; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 54949125940     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1454.051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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