Environmental threats to children's health - A global problem

International Journal of Environment and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 276-292

  Neira, Maria ^a   Gore, Fiona ^a   Bruné, Marie Noël ^a   Hudson, Tom ^b   de Garbino, Jenny Pronczuk ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Children; Disease burden; Environment; Global; Health

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149114899     PISSN: 17434955     EISSN: 17434963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020922     Document Type: Article

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