A qualitative analysis of environmental policy and children's health in Mexico

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Cifuentes, Enrique ^a,b,c   Trasande, Leonardo ^b   Ramirez, Martha ^a   Landrigan, Philip J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LEGISLATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; NAFTA; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; OECD; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION PRESSURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY APPROACH; TOXIC MATERIAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CENTRALIZATION; CHILD SAFETY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW; MEDLINE; MEXICO; NEUROTOXICITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEXICO; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 77950837007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-14     Document Type: Article

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