Child health and the environment

Child health and the environment / Donald T. Wigle.

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Wigle, D. T.
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Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
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Physical Description:xvii, 396 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Environmental Threats to Child Health: Overview, 1
  • Environmental Health Concerns About Children, 2
  • Children's Vulnerabilities, 7 Risk Management Issues, 14
  • 2. Environmental Epidemiology, 27
  • Epidemiology, 27
  • Study Types, 34
  • 3. Risk Assessment, 47
  • Risk Assessment Framework; 47
  • Selected Risk Assessment Practices, 58
  • 4. Metals-Lead, 71
  • Health Effects, 72
  • Exposures, 79
  • Risk Management, 82
  • 5. Metals-Mercury, Arsenic, Cadmium, and Manganese, 99
  • I. Mercury, 100
  • Methylmercury, 100
  • Elemental and Inorganic Mercury, 113
  • II. Other Metals and Metalloids, 117
  • Arsenic, 117
  • Cadmium, 121
  • Manganese, 125
  • 6. PCBs, Dioxins, and Related Compounds, 136
  • Health Effects, 137
  • Exposures, 149
  • Risk Management, 150
  • 7. Pesticides, 162
  • Health Effects, 163
  • Exposures, 171
  • Risk Management, 173
  • 8. Hormonally Active Agents, 189
  • Normal Endocrine Function, 192
  • Mechanisms of Environmental Hormonally Active Agents, 201
  • Health Effects, 208
  • Exposures, 214
  • Risk Management, 215
  • 9. Radiation, 229
  • I. Ionizing Radiation, 230
  • Health Effects, 231
  • Exposures, 239
  • Risk Management, 240
  • II. Power Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields
  • and Radiofrequency Radiation, 243
  • Health Effects, 244
  • Exposures, 252
  • Risk Management, 253
  • III. Sunlight, 256
  • Health Effects, 257
  • Exposure, 260
  • Risk Management, 260
  • 10. Indoor Air, 270
  • Asthma, 272
  • Environmental Tobacco Smoke, 275
  • Biologic Agents, 281
  • Volatile Organic Chemicals and Gases, 288
  • 11. Outdoor Air, 300
  • Health Effects, 301
  • Exposures, 312
  • Risk Management, 317
  • 12. Water, 334
  • I. Chemical Contaminants, 334
  • Health Effects, 335
  • Exposures, 342
  • Risk Management, 345
  • II. Waterborne Infections, 350
  • Bacteria, 351 Protozoa, 356
  • Viruses, 358
  • Risk Management, 359
  • 13. Conclusion, 366
  • Environmental Threats to Child Health, 366
  • Knowledge Development Policy Issues, 375
  • Epilogue, 380
  • Index, 383.

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