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Author:   Areej Hassan ,  Areej Hassan (Boston Children s Hospital, Massachusetts, USA)
Publisher:   Apple Academic Press Inc.
Imprint:   Apple Academic Press Inc.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9781771881012

ISBN 10:   1771881011
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   16 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction. Part I: Introduction. Children Are Not Little Adults (Excerpt from Children’s Health and the Environment: A Global Perspective). Windows of Susceptibility to Environmental Exposures in Children (Excerpt from Children’s Health and the Environment: A Global Perspective). Developmental Milestones in Children’s Environmental Health. Part II: Exposure to Tobacco Smoke. Prenatal Tobacco Smoke Exposure Is Associated with Childhood DNA CpG Methylation. Evaluation of Systematic Assessment of Asthma-Like Symptoms and Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Early Childhood by Well-Child Professionals: A Randomized Trial. Part III: Ambient and Household Exposures. Prenatal Exposure to Persistent Organochlorines and Childhood Obesity in the U.S. Collaborative Perinatal Project. Birth Outcomes and Maternal Residential Proximity to Natural Gas Development in Rural Colorado. Part IV: Lead Exposure. Exploring Childhood Lead Exposure through GIS: A Review of the Recent Literature. Linking Source and Effect: Resuspended Soil Lead, Air Lead, and Children’s Blood Lead Levels in Detroit, Michigan. Part V: Food and Agriculture Exposures. Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Prenatal Residential Proximity to Agricultural Pesticides: The CHARGE Study. Seven-Year Neurodevelopmental Scores and Prenatal Exposure to Chlorpyrifos, a Common Agricultural Pesticide. Part VI: Flame Retardants. Prenatal Exposure to PBDEs and Neurodevelopment. Neurobehavioral Function and Low-Level Exposure to Brominated Flame Retardants in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study. Part VII: Looking Toward the Future. Uncertain Inheritance: Transgenerational Effects of Environmental Exposures. Taking Action to Protect Children from Environmental Hazards (Excerpt from Children’s Health and the Environment: A Global Perspective). Index.

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... a book on an important and timely topic. ... useful for readers who wish to learn more about current knowledge regarding children's exposure. ... accessible to and useful for advanced students and researchers in this field. Summing up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals, including technical school students. -H. E. Pence, emeritus, SUNY College at Oneonta, New York, USA for CHOICE, November 2015 In recent years more and more attention has been drawn to the deleterious effects of the environmental factors on the child's health starting in utero, such as the effect on the fetus by smoking or infections during pregnancy and by postnatal smoking or gases on the development of asthma, lead poisoning, and of agricultural pesticides and polycontaminated diphenyl ethers on the neuro-development. These and others are clearly described in this book... Of interest to all pediatricians. -Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews (PER), June 2016

... a book on an important and timely topic. ... useful for readers who wish to learn more about current knowledge regarding children's exposure. ... accessible to and useful for advanced students and researchers in this field. Summing up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals, including technical school students. -H. E. Pence, emeritus, SUNY College at Oneonta, New York, USA for CHOICE, November 2015

Author Information

Areej Hassan MD, MPH, is an attending physician at Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She completed her pediatric residency at Hasbro Children’s Hospital,, Providence, Rhode Island, prior to training in adolescent medicine at Boston Children’s. In addition to primary care, Dr. Hassan focuses her clinical interests on reproductive endocrinology and international health. She also maintains an active role in medical education and has particular interest in building and developing innovative teaching tools through open educational resources. She currently teaches, consults, and is involved in pediatric and adolescent curricula development at multiple sites abroad in Central America and Southeast Asia.

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