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Pediatric Environmental Health, 4th ed.

By American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Environmental Health
Edited by Dr. Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD, FAAP and Dr. Sophie J. Balk, MD
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Significantly revised and updated, the fourth edition of this popular AAP policy manual helps you identify, prevent, and treat pediatric environmental health problems.

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  1. Page xiv
    Preface
  2. 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 17
      3. Children’s Unique Vulnerabilities to Environmental Hazards
    4. Page 33
      4. Individual Susceptibility to Environmental Toxicants
    5. Page 47
      5. Taking an Environmental History and Giving Anticipatory Guidance
    6. Page 69
      6. Laboratory Testing of Body Fluids and Tissues
    7. Page 81
      7. Environmental Measurements
    8. Page 101
      8. Toxic or Environmental Preconceptional and Prenatal Exposures
  3. Page 119
    Part II. Environments
    1. Page 119
      9. Community Design
    2. Page 135
      10. Child Care Settings
    3. Page 163
      11. Schools
    4. Page 189
      12. Workplaces
    5. Page 205
      13. Waste Sites
    6. Page 221
      14. Considerations for Children from Low- and Middle-income Countries
  4. Page 237
    Part III. Food and Water
    1. Page 237
      15. Human Milk
    2. Page 257
      16. Infant Formula
    3. Page 277
      17. Drinking Water
    4. Page 303
      18. Food Safety
    5. Page 327
      19. Herbs, Dietary Supplements, and Other Remedies
  5. Page 351
    Part IV. Chemical and Physical Exposures
    1. Page 351
      20. Air Pollutants, Indoor
    2. Page 379
      21. Air Pollutants, Outdoor
    3. Page 399
      22. Arsenic
    4. Page 411
      23. Asbestos
    5. Page 425
      24. Cadmium, Chromium, Manganese, and Nickel
    6. Page 451
      25. Carbon Monoxide
    7. Page 463
      26. Cold and Heat
    8. Page 475
      27. Electric and Magnetic Fields
    9. Page 493
      28. Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Other Alternative Nicotine Products
    10. Page 511
      29. Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
    11. Page 521
      30. Gasoline and Its Additives
    12. Page 533
      31. Ionizing Radiation (Excluding Radon)
    13. Page 557
      32. Lead
    14. Page 585
      33. Mercury
    15. Page 601
      34. Nitrates and Nitrites in Water
    16. Page 611
      35. Noise
    17. Page 627
      36. Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
    18. Page 641
      37. Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Substances
    19. Page 655
      38. Persistent Organic Pollutants-DDT, PCBs, PCDFs, and Dioxins
    20. Page 675
      39. Personal Care Products
    21. Page 687
      40. Pesticides
    22. Page 729
      41. Plasticizers
    23. Page 739
      42. Radon
    24. Page 747
      43. Tobacco Use and Tobacco Smoke Exposure
    25. Page 769
      44. Ultraviolet Radiation
  6. Page 799
    Part V. Special Topics
    1. Page 799
      45. Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Animal Agriculture
    2. Page 813
      46. Arts and Crafts
    3. Page 825
      47. Asthma
    4. Page 853
      48. Birth Defects and Other Adverse Developmental Outcomes
    5. Page 875
      49. Cancer
    6. Page 903
      50. Chelation (Non-Approved Use for Environmental Toxicants)
    7. Page 919
      51. Chemical and Biological Terrorism
    8. Page 935
      52. Developmental Disabilities
    9. Page 959
      53. Emerging Technologies and Materials
    10. Page 969
      54. Environmental Disasters
    11. Page 985
      55. Environmental Equity
    12. Page 1007
      56. Ethical Issues in Environmental Health Research
    13. Page 1019
      57. Fracking
    14. Page 1039
      58. Global Climate Change
    15. Page 1053
      59. Green Offices and Practice Sustainability
    16. Page 1067
      60. Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance
    17. Page 1079
      61. Methamphetamine Laboratories
    18. Page 1095
      62. Obesity
  7. Page 1107
    Part VI. Public Health Aspects of Environmental Health
    1. Page 1107
      63. Environmental Health Advocacy
    2. Page 1113
      64. Precautionary Principle
    3. Page 1123
      65. Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Risk Communication
    4. Page 1137
      66. Chemicals and Chemicals Regulation
  8. Page 1172
    Appendices
  9. Page 1172
    Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSUs)
  10. Page 1163
    Resources for Pediatric Environmental Health
  11. Page 1179
    Curricula for Environmental Education and Environmental Health Science Education in Primary and Secondary Schools
  12. Page 1189
    AAP Policy Statements, Technical Reports, and Clinical Reports Authored by the Council on Environmental Health
  13. Page 1197
    Chairs of the AAP Council on Environmental Health
  14. Page 1199
    Selected Abbreviations
  15. Page 1205
    Index

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