Ten years of addressing children's health through regulatory policy at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1720-1724

  Payne Sturges, Devon ^a   Kemp, Debra ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's environmental health; EPA's policy on evaluating health risks to children; Executive Order 134045

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD SAFETY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAW; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 58149356733     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11390     Document Type: Article

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