Environmental Exposures to Metals in Native Communities and Implications for Child Development: Basis for the Navajo Birth Cohort Study

Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 245-269

  Lewis, Johnnye ^a   Gonzales, Melissa ^a   Burnette, Courtney ^a   Benally, Malcolm ^a   Seanez, Paula ^b   Shuey, Christopher ^c   Nez, Helen ^d   Nez, Christopher ^d   Nez, Seraphina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Navajo Nation Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services   (United States)

^c Southwest Research and Information Center   (United States)

^d Tachee Uranium Concerns Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

birth defects; children; developmental delay; disabilities; exposure; health promotion; metals; Native American

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANALYSIS; ARIZONA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MINING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; METALS; MINING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943451157     PISSN: 1536710X     EISSN: 15367118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536710X.2015.1068261     Document Type: Article

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