Susceptibility of children to environmental pollutants

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1140, Issue , 2008, Pages 163-183

  Sly, Peter D ^a,b   Flack, Felicity ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Environment; Pollution; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ALCOHOL; ASBESTOS; CLOMIFENE; DIAZEPAM; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; HEPTACHLOR; LEAD; METHOXYCHLOR; METHYLMERCURY; METHYLNITROSOUREA; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; BIRTH DEFECT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; LEAD POISONING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL SMOKING; MESOTHELIOMA; MICROENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SKIN; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 54949139599     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1454.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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