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Child health and the environment / (Record no. 14602)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0195135598 (alk. paper)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780195135596 (alk. paper)
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number RA1225
Item number .W545 2003
060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER
Classification number WA 671
Item number .W54 2003
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Wigle, D. T.
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Child health and the environment /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Donald T. Wigle.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Oxford : New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2003
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xvii, 396 p. :
Other physical details ill.
Dimensions 25 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. Environmental threats to child health: overview. Environmental health concerns about children -- Children's vulnerabilities -- Risk management issues -- 2. Environmental epidemiology. Epidemiology -- Study types -- 3. Risk assessment. Risk assessment framework -- Selected risk assessment practices -- 4. Metals: lead. Health effects -- Exposures -- Risk management -- 5. Metals: mercury, arsenic, cadmium, and manganese. Mercury : Methylmercury ; Elemental and inorganic mercury -- Other metals and metalloids : Arsenic ; Cadmium ; Manganese -- 6. PCBs, dioxins, and related compounds. Health effects -- Exposures -- Risk management -- 7. Pesticides. Health effects -- Exposures -- Risk management -- 8. Hormonally active agents. Normal endocrine function -- Mechanisms of environmental hormonally active agents -- Health effects -- Exposures -- Risk management -- 9. Radiation. Ionizing radiation : Health effects ; Exposures ; Risk management -- Power frequency electric and magnetic fields and radiofrequency radiation : Health effects ; Exposures ; Risk management -- Sunlight : Health effects ; Exposure ; Risk management -- 10. Indoor air. Asthma -- Environmental tobacco smoke -- Biologic agents -- Volatile organic chemicals and gases -- 11. Outdoor air. Health effects -- Exposures -- Risk management -- 12. Water. Chemical contaminants : Health effects ; Exposures ; Risk management -- Waterborne infections : Bacteria ; Protozoa ; Viruses ; Risk management -- 13. Conclusion. Environmental threats to child health -- Knowledge development policy issues ; Epilogue.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Children
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Environmentally induced diseases in children.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Pediatric toxicology.
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