Includes bibliographical references and index.

Children's environmental health : a new branch of pediatrics / Philip J. Landrigan and Ruth A. Etzel -- Children's exquisite vulnerability to environmental exposures / Ruth A. Etzel and Philip J. Landrigan -- The chemical environment and children's health / Philip J. Landrigan and Ruth A. Etzel -- Intrauterine nutrition and children's health / Robert H. Lane, Lisa Joss-Moore, Ryann Bierer, Laurie J. Moyer-Mileur -- Social and behavioral influences on child health and development / Rosalind J. Wright -- Epidemiology a tool for studying environmental influences on children's health / Dean Baker -- Exposure science to protect children's health / Paul J. Lioy and Clifford P. Weisel -- Geographic information systems (GIS) in children's environmental health / Panos G. Georgopoulos and Paul J. Lioy -- Developmental toxicology and children's environmental health / Edward D. Levin -- Genetics, epigenetics, and children's environmental health / Robert O. Wright -- Economics and children's environmental health / Philip J. Landrigan -- The global dimension of children's environmental health / Ruth A. Etzel -- The intrauterine environment and early infancy / Ami Zota, Dylan Atchley, Tracey Woodruff -- The home environment / Johnna S. Murphy and Megan Sandel -- The school/child care environment / Mana Mann and Maida Galvez -- The shape of the built environment shapes children's health / Richard J. Jackson and Ashley Kissinger -- The play environment / James Roberts, James T. McElligott, Kristina Kay Gustafson -- The benefits of the green environment / William Crain and Ellen F. Crain -- The farm environment / James A. Merchant and Diane S. Rohlman -- Workplace safety for young workers / Carol W. Runyan, Michael D. Schulman, and Lawrence E. Scholl -- The changing global environment and children's health / Perry E. Sheffield and Kristie L. Ebi -- Outdoor air pollution / Douglas W. Dockery -- Indoor air pollution / Archana Patel -- Tobacco smoke : active and passive / Jonathan M. Samet -- Water pollution / Tim Ford and Steve Hamner -- Sanitation and hygiene / Ruth A. Etzel -- Hazardous waste and toxic hotspots / Richard Fuller -- Lead / Bruce Lanphear -- Mercury / Philippe Grandjean -- Arsenic / Fen Wu, Faruque Parvez, Joseph H. Graziano, and Yu Chen -- Other metals / Roberto Lucchini and Chiara Benedetti -- Pesticides / Catherine J. Karr and Virginia A. Rauh -- PCBs, dioxins, furans, DDT, polybrominated compounds, polyfluorinated compounds, and other halogenated hydrocarbons / Philip J. Landrigan -- Volatile organic chemicals / Dana Boyd Barr, P. Barry Ryan, and Brian Buckley -- Endocrine disruptors / Annemarie Stroustrup and Shanna H. Swan -- Chemical obesogens and obesity / Michele La Merrill, Kyla Taylor, Kristina A. Thayer, and Linda S. Birnbaum -- Environmental carcinogens and childhood cancer / Irena Buka and Alvaro Osornio -- Mold / Dorr G. Dearborn -- Physical hazards / Sophie J. Balk -- Ionizing radiation / David Hoel -- Electromagnetic fields / Kurt Straiff, Robert Baan, Neela Guha -- Prematurity, low birth weight, and the environment / Shiv Kapoor and Cynthia F. Bearer -- Asthma, allergy, and the environment / Peter D. Sly -- Neurodevelopmental disorders and the environment / David C. Bellinger -- Birth defects and the environment / Christina Chambers -- Obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and the environment / Nikki Mihalopoulos -- Liver disease in children and the environment / Frederick J. Suchy -- Kidney disease in children and the environment / Virginia M. Weaver -- Injuries, trauma, and the environment / Catherine J. Vladutiu and Renee M. Johnson -- Acute pediatric poisoning / Jennifer Lowry -- The environmental history & examination : the key to diagnosis of environmental diseases / Jerome A. Paulson and Lauren Gordon -- Clinical practice of environmental pediatrics around the world / Amalia Laborde -- Public policy on children's environmental health in the United States / Lynn Goldman and Philip J. Landrigan -- Public policy on children's environmental health in the Europe / Genon K. Jensen and Diana G. Smith -- Public policy on childrens environmental health in Asia / Eunhee Ha -- Global treaties and children's environmental health / Roberto Bertollini -- The impact of poverty, disparity, and injustice on children's environmental health / Luz Claudio -- War, terrorism, and children's health / Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel -- Natural disasters, environmental emergencies and children's health / Henry Falk -- New frontiers in children's environmental health / Philip J. Landrigan, and Ruth A. Etzel.