Environmental toxins; their impact on children's health
Open Access
- 1 March 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 89 (3) , 244-250
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2002.022202
Abstract
Contamination of the environment by man-made and natural toxins has a direct impact on the health of children. This review considers how toxic contamination is identified and regulated, and highlights specific hazards.Keywords
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