Handbook of Pediatric Environmental Health

Environmental hazards are among parents? top health concerns for their children, yet little time is spent training health care providers to recognize and treat ailments resulting from exposure to harmful substances and environments. The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated this comprehensive tool to help everyone involved in caring for children identify, reduce and eliminate potential environmental hazards. More than 40 chapters cover asbestos, asthma, carbon monoxide, pesticides, food contaminants, indoor/outdoor air pollutants, noise pollution, water pollutants, cancer, ionizing radiation, and more. Ten new chapters cover chemical and biological terrorism, food irradiation, arsenic, gasoline, preconception and prenatal exposures, metals, and more. Includes new chapters on threats to children?s environmental health in developing countries, environmental health advocacy and risk assessment.