A systematic review of US state environmental legislation and regulation with regards to the prevention of neurodevelopmental disabilities and asthma

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Zajac, Lauren ^a   Sprecher, Eli ^a   Landrigan, Philip J ^a   Trasande, Leonardo ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DIOXIN; LEAD; MERCURY; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TOBACCO SMOKE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EXHAUST GAS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAW; MOULD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; CONGENITAL DISORDER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGAL ASPECT; LITERATURE; REVIEW;

LEXIS;

ASTHMA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64649094995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-9     Document Type: Article

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