Handbook of Pediatric Environmental Health
Language: English
Published by American Academy of Pediatrics, 2003
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The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated this comprehensive tool to help everyone involved in caring for children identify, reduce and eliminate potential environmental hazards.
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- Title
- Handbook of Pediatric Environmental Health
- Author
- Ruth A Etzel
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1581101112
- ISBN 13
- 9781581101119
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
From playground to classroom, at home and across town, environmental hazards are all around us an unfortunate fact of modern life. And no one is more vulnerable to the adverse health effects these hazards can cause than our children. Its no wonder that environmental hazards are among parents top health concerns for their children. Yet little time is spent training physicians and other caregivers to recognize, prevent, and treat ailments resulting from exposure to harmful substances and environments.
This comprehensive guide puts critical childrens health information and answers to parents questions at your fingertips. From asbestos to radiation, ultraviolet rays, pesticides, asthma, lead, tobacco, childcare and school environments plus new chapters on global climate change, plasticizers, developmental disabilities, environmental disasters, and more current information on an exhaustive range of environmental health issues is included.
The 3rd edition features 59 topic-based chapters including the addition of 18 new chapters.
Contents:
- Background: Addressing Environmental Health in Primary Care
- History and Growth of Pediatric Environmental Health
- Children's Unique Vulnerabilities to Environmental Hazards
- Individual Susceptibility to Environmental Toxicants
- Taking an Environmental History and Giving Anticipatory Guidance
- Medical Laboratory Testing of Body Fluids and Tissues
- Environmental Measurements
Environments
- Preconceptional and Prenatal Exposures
- Built Environment
- Child Care Settings
- Schools
- Waste Sites
- Work Places
- Environmental Health Considerations for Children in Developing Nations, and Implications for Immigrants and Adoptees
Food and Water
- Breast Milk
- Phytoestrogen and Contaminants in Infant Formula
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