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Silent scourge : children, pollution, and why scientists disagree /

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This work traces the debates around five key pollutants - lead mercury, noise, pesticides, and dioxins and PCBs - and provides an overview of the history of each, the basic research findings and the surrounding scientific and regulatory controversies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, Colleen F., 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Pediatric toxicology.
Environmental toxicology.
Pollution > Psychological aspects.
Environmental health.
Child development.
Risk assessment.
Children.
Environmental Health
Child Development
Environmental Exposure > adverse effects
Environmental Pollutants > toxicity
Environmental Pollution > adverse effects
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
Risk Assessment
Child
Ecotoxicology
Toxicologie pédiatrique.
Écotoxicologie.
Pollution > Aspect psychologique.
Hygiène du milieu.
Enfants > Développement.
Évaluation du risque.
Enfants.
Enfance.
risk assessment.
children (people by age group)
childhood.
MEDICAL > Toxicology.
Risk assessment
Environmental health
Children
Child development
Environmental toxicology
Pediatric toxicology
Pollution > Psychological aspects
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This work traces the debates around five key pollutants - lead mercury, noise, pesticides, and dioxins and PCBs - and provides an overview of the history of each, the basic research findings and the surrounding scientific and regulatory controversies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-307) and index.
ISBN:9780195343755
0195343751
0195186400
9780195186406
128050207X
9781280502071