Children's Health and the Environment

This ground-breaking manual incorporates both developing- and industrialized-country outlooks to give a comprehensive international account of how environmental quality can influence the health and development of children from conception through adolescence.

Geared specifically for the health sector for both public health specialists and clinicians who have a stake in minimizing adverse environmental impacts on children's health and development, the resource manual provides background information on an array of illnesses caused, triggered or exacerbated by hazards present in the places where children live, play, learn and work, or where they are exposed to extreme conditions. It also outlines exposure routes, signs and symptoms, basic treatments and prevention, as well as supplies ample resources for consultation. Furthermore, it presents interesting case studies, referenced throughout the book to give concrete and tangible examples of environmental illnesses with a particular focus on children in developing countries.