Protecting Your Child's Health: Expert Answers to Urgent Environmental Questions

American Academy of Pediatrics; Balk, Sophie; Etzel, Ruth A.

ISBN 10: 1610024370 / ISBN 13: 9781610024372

Published by American Academy of Pediatrics, 2020

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Synopsis:

Because of their smaller, rapidly growing bodies, babies, children, and adolescents are at higher risk from exposure to environmental hazards. This guide provides essential information to help parents protect their children from toxins where they live, learn, and play. It includes information on food and water safety, air pollution, sun protection, lead, radiation, and pesticides that children may encounter at home, at school, or in the community. Broader issues such as climate change are also addressed. The Q&A format makes the expert guidance of the American Academy of Pediatrics accessible to parents.

About the Author:

Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD, FAAP, is a pediatrician, an environmental epidemiologist, and a preventive medicine specialist who previously led the World Health Organization activities to protect children from environmental hazards. She is the editor of Pediatric Environmental Health, the American Academy of Pediatrics handbook for pediatricians. Sophie J. Balk, MD, FAAP, is a general pediatrician at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore and a professor of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY. She is the associate editor of Pediatric Environmental Health.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Protecting Your Child's Health: Expert ...
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket