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Pediatric Environmental Health, 3rd Edition

By AAP Council on Environmental Health
Edited by Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD and Sophie J. Balk, MD
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Completely revised and expanded, the new 3rd edition is an extremely information environmental health AAP guide that helps to identify, prevent, and treat pediatric environmental health problems. This comprehensive guide puts critical children's 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.

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  1. Page vii
    Council on Environmental Health Executive Committee
  2. Page ix
    Preface
  3. Page xiii
    Contributors
  4. Page 1
    Part I. Background: Addressing Environmental Health in Primary Care
    1. Page 1
      1. Introduction
    2. Page 5
      2. History and Growth of Pediatric Environmental Health
    3. Page 13
      3. Children’s Unique Vulnerabilities to Environmental Hazards
    4. Page 27
      4. Individual Susceptibility To Environmental Toxicants
    5. Page 39
      5. Taking An Environmental History and Giving Anticipatory Guidance
    6. Page 57
      6. Medical Laboratory Testing of Body Fluids and Tissues
    7. Page 63
      7. Environmental Measurements
    8. Page 85
      8. Preconceptional and Prenatal Exposures
  5. Page 99
    Part II. Environments
    1. Page 99
      9. Built Environment
    2. Page 109
      10. Child Care Settings
    3. Page 133
      11. Schools
    4. Page 151
      12. Waste Sites
    5. Page 165
      13. Workplaces
    6. Page 185
      14. Environmental Health Considerations for Children in Developing Nations
  6. Page 199
    Part III. Food and Water
    1. Page 199
      15. Human Milk
    2. Page 211
      16. Phytoestrogens and Contaminants in Infant Formula
    3. Page 225
      17. Water
    4. Page 247
      18. Food Safety
    5. Page 269
      19. Herbs, Dietary Supplements, and Other Remedies
  7. Page 289
    Part IV. Chemical and Physical Exposures
    1. Page 289
      20. Air Pollutants, Indoor
    2. Page 313
      21. Air Pollutants, Outdoor
    3. Page 329
      22. Arsenic
    4. Page 339
      23. Asbestos
    5. Page 349
      24. Cadmium, Chromium, Manganese, and Nickel
    6. Page 367
      25. Carbon Monoxide
    7. Page 379
      26. Cold and Heat
    8. Page 389
      27. Electric and Magnetic Fields
    9. Page 403
      28. Endocrine Disrupters
    10. Page 411
      29. Gasoline and Its Additives
    11. Page 421
      30. Ionizing Radiation (Excluding Radon)
    12. Page 439
      31. Lead
    13. Page 455
      32. Mercury
    14. Page 471
      33. Nitrates and Nitrites in Water
    15. Page 479
      34. Noise
    16. Page 491
      35. Persistent Organic Pollutants—DDT, PCBs, PCDFs, and Dioxins
    17. Page 503
      36. Persistent Toxic Substances
    18. Page 515
      37. Pesticides
    19. Page 549
      38. Plasticizers
    20. Page 561
      39. Radon
    21. Page 569
      40. Tobacco Use and Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure
    22. Page 587
      41. Ultraviolet Radiation
  8. Page 613
    Part V. Special Topics
    1. Page 613
      42. Arts and Crafts
    2. Page 621
      43. Asthma
    3. Page 643
      44. Birth Defects and Other Adverse Developmental Outcomes
    4. Page 663
      45. Cancer
    5. Page 689
      46. Chelation for “Heavy Metal” Toxicity
    6. Page 703
      47. Chemical and Biological Terrorism
    7. Page 717
      48. Developmental Disabilities
    8. Page 737
      49. Drug (Methamphetamine) Laboratories
    9. Page 749
      50. Emerging Technologies and Materials
    10. Page 757
      51. Environmental Disasters
    11. Page 771
      52. Environmental Equity
    12. Page 787
      53. Ethical Issues In Environmental Health Research
    13. Page 797
      54. Global Climate Change
    14. Page 817
      55. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
    15. Page 827
      56. Nontherapeutic Use of Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture
  9. Page 837
    Part VI. Public Health Aspects of Environmental Health
    1. Page 837
      57. Precautionary Principle
    2. Page 847
      58. Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Risk Communication
    3. Page 859
      59. Environmental Health Advocacy
  10. Page 883
    Part VII. Appendices
    1. Page 883
      Resources for Pediatric Environmental Health
    2. Page 879
      Curricula for Environmental Education and Environmental Health Science Education in Primary and Secondary Schools
    3. Page 887
      AAP Policy Statements, Technical Reports, and Clinical Reports Authored by the Council on Environmental Health
    4. Page 895
      AAP Patient Education Materials Related to Environmental Health Issues
    5. Page 897
      Chairs of the AAP Council on Environmental Health
    6. Page 899
      Selected Abbreviations
  11. Page 907
    Index

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