Child health and the environment
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
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.