Children's environmental health: An under-recognised area in paediatric health care

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Gavidia, Tania G ^a   Pronczuk de Garbino, Jenny ^b   Sly, Peter D ^a,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61849131757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-10     Document Type: Article

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