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RECORD NUMBER: 4 OF 5| Main Title | The EPA children's environmental health yearbook. | |||||||||||
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| CORP Author | Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Children's Health Protectioin. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Children's Health Protection, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1999 | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB2000-101366 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Child care ; Children--Health and hygiene ; Human ecology ; Environmentally induced diseases in children ; Children--Care and hygiene | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Environmental health ; Children ; Cancer ; Asthma ; Developmental toxicity ; Neurological toxicity ; Pesticides ; Water pollution ; Health risks ; Protection ; Environmental hazards ; Education | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 228 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm | |||||||||||
| Abstract | This report is meant to be a resource guide of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) activities for the public and a tool for the Agency to use in protecting children's health from environmental hazards. The Yearbook includes sections on asthma and other respiratory effects; childhood cancer; developmental and neurological toxicity; health effects of pesticides; and potential risk from contaminated surface water and ground water. Additional chapters describe improvements in predicting health risks to children, highlight international activities to protect children, identify environmental education programs addressing issues of children's health, and describe EPA's expansion of individual's and families' right-to-know about environmental hazards. |
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| Notes | Cover title. Includes bibliographical references. Microfiche. |