Children's Environmental Health in Developing Countries

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 601-610

  Pronczuk, J ^a   Brune M N ^a   Gore, F ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Chemicals; Children's environmental health; Climate change; Developing country; Pollutants; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007025584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00008-8     Document Type: Chapter

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