Textbook of Children's Environmental Health

Part I: Introductory/Overview Chapters Chapter 1: Children's Environmental Health - A New Branch of Pediatrics Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc and Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD Chapter 2: Children's Exquisite Vulnerability to Environmental Exposures Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD and Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc Chapter 3: The Chemical Environment and Children's Health Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc and Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD Chapter 4: The Changing Global Environment and Children's Health Perry E. Sheffield, MD, Lucy Schultz, and Kristie L. Ebi, PhD Chapter 5: Social and Behavioral Influences on Child Health and Development Summer Hawkins, PhD Chapter 6: Epidemiology - A Tool for Studying Environmental Influences on Children's Health Dean Baker, MD, MPH Chapter 7: Exposure Science to Protect Children's Health Clifford P. Weisel, PhD Chapter 8: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Children's Environmental Health Panos G. Georgopoulos, PhD Chapter 9: Developmental Toxicology and Children's Environmental Health Edward D. Levin, PhD Chapter 10: Genetics, Epigenetics, and Children's Environmental Health Rebecca Fry, PhD and Margaret Pinder Chapter 11: Racism, Environmental Injustice and Child Health Danielle Laraque, MD Chapter 12: Economics and Children's Environmental Health Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc Chapter 13: The Global Dimension of Children's Environmental Health Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD Part II: Environments Chapter 14: The Intrauterine Environment and Early Infancy Winnie Fan, Marya G. Zlatnik, MD, MMS, Annemarie Charlesworth, MA, and Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH Chapter 15: The Home Environment David E. Jacobs, PhD, CIH and Miranda Brazeal, MPH, PhD Chapter 16: Chemicals in Food Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc Chapter 17: The School/Child Care Environment Maida Galvez, MD, MPH, Sarah Evans, Mana Mann, MD, MPH, and Hester Paul Chapter 18: The Shape of the Built Environment Shapes Children's Health Richard J. Jackson, MD, MPH Chapter 19: The Play Environment James Roberts, MD, James T. McElligott, MD, and Kristina Kay Gustafson, MD Chapter 20: Access to Nature and Child Health Abby Nerlinger, MD, MPH, Aparna Bole, MD, and Pooja Tandon, MD Chapter 21: Rural and Agricultural Environments Barbara Lee, PhD and Matthew Keifer, MD, MPH Chapter 22: The Work Environment and Children's Health, Safety, and Wellbeing Kimberly Rauscher, ScD and Jennifer Fuller Chapter 23: Intrauterine Nutrition and Children's Health Alicia Cousins, Nicholas Rickman, and Cynthia F. Bearer, MD, PhD Chapter 24: Biodiversity Loss and Children's Health Keith Martin, MD Part III: Environmental Hazards Chapter 25: Outdoor Air Pollution Frederica Perera, PhD Chapter 26: Indoor Air Pollution Roshan Wathore and Archana Patel, MD, PhD Chapter 27: Tobacco Smoke: Active and Passive Smoking Meghan Buran, MPH, Kelsey Phinney, MPH, and Jonathan M. Samet, MD, MS Chapter 28: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Katherine Arnold Chapter 29: Interventions to Mitigate Burdens of Waterborne and Water-Related Diseases Robert G. Arnold, PhD Chapter 30: Hazardous Waste and Toxic Hotspots Richard Fuller Chapter 31: Lead Nicholas C. Newman, DO, MS and Bruce Lanphear, MD, MPH Chapter 32: Mercury Philippe Grandjean, MD, PhD Chapter 33: Arsenic Exposure in Children Antonio J. Signes-Pastor, Fen Wu, Shohreh F. Farzan, PhD, Yu Chen, PhD, MPH, and Margaret R. Karagas, PhD Chapter 34: Fluoride and Manganese Yenny Fariñas Diaz, Somaiyeh Azmoun, and Roberto G. Lucchini, MD Chapter 35: Pesticides Catherine J. Karr, MD, PhD and Virginia A. Rauh, PhD Chapter 36: PCBs, Dioxins, Furans, DDT, Polybrominated Compounds, Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and other Halogenated Hydrocarbons Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc Chapter 37: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Philippe Grandjean, MD, PhD Chapter 38: Nanomaterials and Child Health Kam Sripada, PhD Chapter 39: Organic Solvents and Other Volatile Organic Compounds Dana Boyd Barr, PhD, Parinya Panuwet, PhD, MS, MSPH, P. Barry Ryan, PhD Chapter 40: Endocrine Disruptors Annemarie Stroustrup, MD, MPH and Shanna H. Swan, PhD Chapter 41: Chemical Obesogens and Obesity Michele La Merrill, PhD, MPH and Leda Chatzi, MD, PhD Chapter 42: Environmental Carcinogens and Childhood Cancer Kurt Straif, MD, PhD Chapter 43: Mold and Population Health J. David Miller, PhD Chapter 44: Physical Hazards Sophie J. Balk, MD Chapter 45: Ionizing Radiation Eric J. Grant, PhD Chapter 46: Electromagnetic Fields Denis Henshaw PhD, Fiorella Belpoggi, PhD, Daniele Mandrioli, MD, PhD and Alasdair Philips DAgE Part IV: The Environment and Disease in Children Chapter 47: Prematurity and Low Birth Weight Associated with Environmental Exposures Margaret Kuper-Sassé, MD, Cansu Tokat, MD, Hilal Yildiz Atar, MD and Cynthia F. Bearer, MD, PhD Chapter 48: Asthma, Allergy, and the Environment Dwan Vilcins, PhD and Peter D. Sly, MD Chapter 49: Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children David C. Bellinger, PhD Chapter 50: Prenatal Environmental Exposures and Birth Defects Stephanie Ford, MD and Cynthia F. Bearer, MD, PhD Chapter 51: The Environment and Cardiovascular Disease in Children Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc Chapter 52: The Environment and Liver Disease in Children Frederick J. Suchy, MD Chapter 53: The Environment and Kidney Disease in Children Virginia M. Weaver, MD, Jeffrey J. Fadrowski, MD, MHS, Darcy K. Weidemann, MD, MHS Chapter 54: Injuries, Trauma, and the Environment Laura Schwab-Reese, Cara Hamann, MPH, PhD, Amy Hunter, MPH, PhD Chapter 55: Acute Pediatric Poisoning Jennifer Sample, MD Part V: Prevention and Control of Diseases of Environmental Origin in Children Chapter 56: The Environmental History and Examination: The Key to Diagnosis of Environmental Diseases Jerome A. Paulson, MD and Sandra H. Jee, MD, MPH Chapter 57: Clinical Practice of Environmental Pediatrics in South America Amalia Laborde, MD, PhD Chapter 58: Public Policy on Children's Environmental Health in the United States and Around the World Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc Chapter 59: Public Policy in Children's Environmental Health in Europe Peter van den Hazel, MD, PhD Chapter 60: Public Policy on Children's Environmental Health in Asia Eunhee Ha, MD, PhD Chapter 61: Public Policy on Children's Environmental Health in Africa Kofi Amegah, PhD and Christian Sewor Chapter 62: Global Treaties and Children's Environmental Health Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD Chapter 63: The Impact of War on Children's Health Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH Chapter 64: Natural Disasters, Environmental Emergencies, and Children's Health Henry Falk, MD, MPH Chapter 65: New Frontiers in Children's Environmental Health Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc and Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD Index