Environmental pollution: An underrecognized threat to children’s health, especially in low- and middle-income countries

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2016, Pages A43-A45

  Suk, William A ^a   Ahanchian, Hamid ^b   Asante, Kwadwo Ansong ^c   Carpenter, David O ^d   Diaz Barriga, Fernando ^e   Ha, Eun Hee ^f   Huo, Xia ^g   King, Malcolm ^h   Ruchirawat, Mathuros ⁱ   da Silva, Emerson R ^j   Sly, Leith ^k   Sly, Peter D ^k   Stein, Renato T ^l   van den Berg, Martin ^m   Zar, Heather ⁿ   Landrigan, Philip J ^o  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^f Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^h SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ CHULABHORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^k UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^l PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^m UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^o MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MANAGEMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; WATER POLLUTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85026945784     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1510517     Document Type: Article

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