Wigle, D. T. <br/><br/>
Child health and the environment / 
Donald T. Wigle. 
 - Oxford : New York :  Oxford University Press,  2003 
 - xvii, 396 p. :  ill.   25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195135598 (alk. paper) 9780195135596 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children<br/>Environmentally induced diseases in children.<br/>Pediatric toxicology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA1225  / .W545 2003 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WA 671  / .W54 2003