Environmental health : home, school and community /

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Imprint:New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2014]
©2014
Description:1 online resource (269 pages).
Language:English
Series:Pediatrics, child and adolescent health
Pediatrics, child and adolescent health.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11217562
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Other authors / contributors:Rubin, Isadore Leslie.
Merrick, Joav, 1950-
ISBN:9781629481586
1629481580
9781629481555
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 16, 2013).
Summary:Children living in circumstances of social and economic disadvantage are at high risk for experiencing health problems caused or exacerbated by environmental factors. They are not only vulnerable to adverse chemical and physical factors in their environment, but often become trapped in the cycle of environmental health disparities due to low parental health literacy, limited social capital, and a lack of access to comprehensive healthcare and appropriate educational services. They will only be able to escape that cycle when children's environmental health becomes a priority and the resources,
Other form:Print version: Rubin, I. Leslie. Environmental Health : Home, School and Community. Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., ©1900 9781629481555