Child health and the environment / Donald T. Wigle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wigle, D. T., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pediatric toxicology.

Environmentally induced diseases in children.

Children--Health risk assessment.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This textbook focuses on environmental threats to child health. In analyzing potential environmental hazards, the author addresses both biologic and epidemiologic evidence, including the likelihood of causal relationships.

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786610473397

9780190285654

0190285656

9780197737484

019773748X

9781280473395

1280473398

9780199748884

0199748888

9781602569812

1602569819

OCLC:

228143459