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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.