Advising parents in the face of scientific uncertainty: An environmental health dilemma

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 437-441

  Lubick, Naomi ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SOLVENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PARENT COUNSELING; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 80053448839     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.119-a436     Document Type: Article

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