03279nam a22003254a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020002800112040002100140035002100161050002500182082001900207100001700226245008000243260005800323300002500381504005100406505204100457533015202498650002602650650005002676650003802726655002902764710001702793856012602810999001702936ebr10142442CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||020710s2003    enka    sb    001 0 eng    z  2002026944  z0195135598 (alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)22814345914aRA1225b.W545 2003eb04a615.9/00832211 aWigle, D. T.10aChild health and the environmenth[electronic resource] /cDonald T. Wigle.  aOxford ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2003.  axvii, 396 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.8 aMachine 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aPediatric toxicology. 0aEnvironmentally induced diseases in children. 0aChildrenxHealth risk assessment. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10142442zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c90705d90705