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The childhood environment and adult disease
| The childhood environment and adult disease |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina | 618.92/98 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BockGregory
WhelanJulie |
| Collana | Ciba Foundation symposium |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmentally induced diseases in children - Complications
Diseases - Causes and theories of causation Mental illness - Etiology Child development |
| ISBN |
1-282-34769-1
9786612347696 0-470-51404-3 0-470-51405-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
THE CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENT AND ADULT DISEASE; Contents; Introduction; The intrauterine environment and adult cardiovascular disease; Fetal response to intrauterine stress; Programming by early nutrition in man; Programming of cholesterol metabolismbreast or formula feeding; Interactions between early nutrition and the immune system; Childhood infection and adult disease; Critical periods in brain development; Sensitive and vulnerable periods in the development of the visual system; Fetal brain development and later schizophrenia; Early stress and adult emotional reactivity in rhesus monkeys
Childhood experiences and adult psychosocial functioningProlegomena to a model of continuity and change in behavioural development; General discussion; Index of contributors; Subject index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910877847103321 |
| Chichester ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Children and pollution [[electronic resource] ] : why scientists disagree / / Colleen F. Moore
| Children and pollution [[electronic resource] ] : why scientists disagree / / Colleen F. Moore |
| Autore | Moore Colleen F. <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina |
618.92
618.92/98 618.9298 |
| Soggetto topico |
Pediatric toxicology
Environmental toxicology Pollution - Psychological aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-045267-6
1-282-05400-7 9786612054006 0-19-972829-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Prologue; 1 Lead and the Roots of Environmental Controversies; 2 Mercury: Not Just a Fish Story; 3 PCBs: Another Global Pollutant; 4 Neurotoxins Influence Neurodevelopment: Organophosphorus and Carbamate Pesticides; 5 Noise: A Barrier to Children's Learning; 6 It Isn't Fair: Environmental Pollution Disasters and Community Relocations; 7 The Best Science, Values, and the Precautionary Principle to Protect Children; 8 Protect Your Family, Protect Our Planet; Afterword: A Few Remarks on Global Warming; Appendix: Understanding Two Important Statistical Concepts; Endnotes; References
Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454510703321 |
Moore Colleen F. <1950->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Children and pollution [[electronic resource] ] : why scientists disagree / / Colleen F. Moore
| Children and pollution [[electronic resource] ] : why scientists disagree / / Colleen F. Moore |
| Autore | Moore Colleen F. <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina |
618.92
618.92/98 618.9298 |
| Soggetto topico |
Pediatric toxicology
Environmental toxicology Pollution - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN |
0-19-045267-6
1-282-05400-7 9786612054006 0-19-972829-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Prologue; 1 Lead and the Roots of Environmental Controversies; 2 Mercury: Not Just a Fish Story; 3 PCBs: Another Global Pollutant; 4 Neurotoxins Influence Neurodevelopment: Organophosphorus and Carbamate Pesticides; 5 Noise: A Barrier to Children's Learning; 6 It Isn't Fair: Environmental Pollution Disasters and Community Relocations; 7 The Best Science, Values, and the Precautionary Principle to Protect Children; 8 Protect Your Family, Protect Our Planet; Afterword: A Few Remarks on Global Warming; Appendix: Understanding Two Important Statistical Concepts; Endnotes; References
Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782827803321 |
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Moore Colleen F. <1950->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environmental health and child survival [[electronic resource] ] : epidemiology, economics, experiences
| Environmental health and child survival [[electronic resource] ] : epidemiology, economics, experiences |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
| Disciplina | 618.92/98 |
| Collana | Environment and development (Washington, D.C.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmentally induced diseases in children - Developing countries
Malnutrition in children - Developing countries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-77049-3
9786611770495 0-8213-7237-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; Box 1.1 What Is Environmental Health?; Tables 1.1 Millennium Development Goals and Environmental Health; Tables 1.2 Annual Cost of Direct and Indirect Impact of Environmental Risk Factors in 2005; PART I Epidemiology; Tables 2.1 Water-Related Transmission Routes and Disease Outcome; Figure 2.1 The F-Diagram: Transmission Routes for Infection; Figure 2.2 Relationship between Nutrition and Infection; Tables 2.2 Impact of Infection on Nutritional Status
Box 2.1 Impact of Diarrhea on Child Malnutrition: Evidence from Research Figure 2.3 Environmental Health Inputs and Health Outcomes in the Child's Life Cycle; Box 2.2 Overweight Mothers Carrying Underweight Children; Figure 2.4 The Window of Opportunity for Addressing Undernutrition; Figure 3.1 Range of Preventive Activities in Child Survival; Tables 3.1 Role of Environmental Health in Supplementing Health System Strategies; PART II Economics; Tables 4.1 Environmental Risk Factors and Related Diseases Included in the Comparative Risk Assessment Box 4.1 Why 50 Percent? Supporting Evidence from Recent Cohort Studies Figure 4.1 The Health Effects of Environmental Risks Factors; Figure 4.2 Water-Related (WSH plus WRM) Burden of Disease in Children under Five Attributable to Environmental Risk Factors by WHO Region, 2002; Box 4.2 Revisiting the "Asian Enigma"; Figure 4.3 Mills-Reincke Ratios for Subregions; Box 4.3 The Mills-Reincke Phenomenon; Figure 5.1 Cost of Environmental Health Risks; Box 5.1 Basic Indicators for Ghana and Pakistan; Tables 5.1 Environmentally Attributable Fractions of Child Mortality, Keeping Malnutrition Unchanged Tables 5.2 Estimated Mortality in Under-Five Children from Environmental Risk Factors, 2005 Tables 5.3 Malnutrition Rates in Children under the Age of Five; Figure 5.2 Weight-for-Age Distribution of Children in Ghana and Pakistan; Tables 5.4 Malnutrition-Attributable Fractions of Child Mortality; Figure 5.3 Two-Week Diarrheal Prevalence Rate by Age and Underweight Status in Ghana and Pakistan; Figure 5.4 Underweight Malnutrition Rates in Children with and without Diarrheal Infections in Ghana and Pakistan; Figure 5.5 Calculating Revised Estimates (Indirect and Direct Effects) Tables 5.5 Environmentally Attributable Fractions and Child Mortality with Malnutrition-Mediated Effects Box 5.2 Attributable Fractions and Burden of Disease When Multiple Risk Factors Are Present; Tables 5.6 Effects of Malnutrition on Education; Figure 5.6 Final Results of Ghana and Pakistan Case Studies; Tables 5.7 Annual Cost of Direct and Indirect Effect of Environmental Risk Factors in 2005; Box 5.3 How Policy-Makers Should Interpret These Results; PART III Experiences; Box 6.1 Combating Disease through Improved Milk; Box 6.2 Mexico: Multisectorality through a Diagonal Approach Box 6.3 Thailand's National Nutrition Program |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455002803321 |
| Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environmental health and child survival : : epidemiology, economics, experiences
| Environmental health and child survival : : epidemiology, economics, experiences |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2008] |
| Descrizione fisica | xiii, 209 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 618.92/98 |
| Collana | Environment and development |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmentally induced diseases in children - Developing countries
Malnutrition in children - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-281-77049-3
9786611770495 0-8213-7237-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; Box 1.1 What Is Environmental Health?; Tables 1.1 Millennium Development Goals and Environmental Health; Tables 1.2 Annual Cost of Direct and Indirect Impact of Environmental Risk Factors in 2005; PART I Epidemiology; Tables 2.1 Water-Related Transmission Routes and Disease Outcome; Figure 2.1 The F-Diagram: Transmission Routes for Infection; Figure 2.2 Relationship between Nutrition and Infection; Tables 2.2 Impact of Infection on Nutritional Status
Box 2.1 Impact of Diarrhea on Child Malnutrition: Evidence from Research Figure 2.3 Environmental Health Inputs and Health Outcomes in the Child's Life Cycle; Box 2.2 Overweight Mothers Carrying Underweight Children; Figure 2.4 The Window of Opportunity for Addressing Undernutrition; Figure 3.1 Range of Preventive Activities in Child Survival; Tables 3.1 Role of Environmental Health in Supplementing Health System Strategies; PART II Economics; Tables 4.1 Environmental Risk Factors and Related Diseases Included in the Comparative Risk Assessment Box 4.1 Why 50 Percent? Supporting Evidence from Recent Cohort Studies Figure 4.1 The Health Effects of Environmental Risks Factors; Figure 4.2 Water-Related (WSH plus WRM) Burden of Disease in Children under Five Attributable to Environmental Risk Factors by WHO Region, 2002; Box 4.2 Revisiting the "Asian Enigma"; Figure 4.3 Mills-Reincke Ratios for Subregions; Box 4.3 The Mills-Reincke Phenomenon; Figure 5.1 Cost of Environmental Health Risks; Box 5.1 Basic Indicators for Ghana and Pakistan; Tables 5.1 Environmentally Attributable Fractions of Child Mortality, Keeping Malnutrition Unchanged Tables 5.2 Estimated Mortality in Under-Five Children from Environmental Risk Factors, 2005 Tables 5.3 Malnutrition Rates in Children under the Age of Five; Figure 5.2 Weight-for-Age Distribution of Children in Ghana and Pakistan; Tables 5.4 Malnutrition-Attributable Fractions of Child Mortality; Figure 5.3 Two-Week Diarrheal Prevalence Rate by Age and Underweight Status in Ghana and Pakistan; Figure 5.4 Underweight Malnutrition Rates in Children with and without Diarrheal Infections in Ghana and Pakistan; Figure 5.5 Calculating Revised Estimates (Indirect and Direct Effects) Tables 5.5 Environmentally Attributable Fractions and Child Mortality with Malnutrition-Mediated Effects Box 5.2 Attributable Fractions and Burden of Disease When Multiple Risk Factors Are Present; Tables 5.6 Effects of Malnutrition on Education; Figure 5.6 Final Results of Ghana and Pakistan Case Studies; Tables 5.7 Annual Cost of Direct and Indirect Effect of Environmental Risk Factors in 2005; Box 5.3 How Policy-Makers Should Interpret These Results; PART III Experiences; Box 6.1 Combating Disease through Improved Milk; Box 6.2 Mexico: Multisectorality through a Diagonal Approach Box 6.3 Thailand's National Nutrition Program |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777970803321 |
| Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2008] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mother Earth and Uncle Sam [[electronic resource] ] : how pollution and hollow government hurt our kids / / Rena I. Steinzor
| Mother Earth and Uncle Sam [[electronic resource] ] : how pollution and hollow government hurt our kids / / Rena I. Steinzor |
| Autore | Steinzor Rena |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 618.92/98 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmentally induced diseases in children - United States
Pollution - Government policy - United States Pollution - Law and legislation - United States Pollution - Health aspects - United States Environmental policy - United States Children and the environment - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-292-79444-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Predicates -- The rise of special-interest conservatism -- Battered-agency syndrome -- Corporations and the commons -- Mercury case study -- Perchlorate case study -- Ozone case study -- A question of values -- New government. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454656203321 |
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Steinzor Rena
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| Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mother Earth and Uncle Sam [[electronic resource] ] : how pollution and hollow government hurt our kids / / Rena I. Steinzor
| Mother Earth and Uncle Sam [[electronic resource] ] : how pollution and hollow government hurt our kids / / Rena I. Steinzor |
| Autore | Steinzor Rena |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 618.92/98 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmentally induced diseases in children - United States
Pollution - Government policy - United States Pollution - Law and legislation - United States Pollution - Health aspects - United States Environmental policy - United States Children and the environment - United States |
| ISBN | 0-292-79444-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Predicates -- The rise of special-interest conservatism -- Battered-agency syndrome -- Corporations and the commons -- Mercury case study -- Perchlorate case study -- Ozone case study -- A question of values -- New government. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782022603321 |
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Steinzor Rena
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| Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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