Browsing by Author "Landrigan, Philip"

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    • The Ambulatory Pediatric Association Fellowship in Pediatric Environmental Health: A 5-Year Assessment 

      Landrigan, Philip J.; Woolf, Alan David; Gitterman, Ben; Lanphear, Bruce; Forman, Joel; Karr, Catherine; Moshier, Erin L.; Godbold, James; Crain, Ellen (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2007)
      Background: Evidence is mounting that environmental exposures contribute to causation of disease in children. Yet few pediatricians are trained to diagnose, treat, or prevent disease of environmental origin. Objectives: ...

    • Environment and Obesity in the National Children's Study 

      Trasande, Leonardo; Cronk, Chris; Durkin, Maureen; Weiss, Marianne; Schoeller, Dale A.; Gall, Elizabeth A.; Hewitt, Jeanne B.; Carrel, Aaron L.; Landrigan, Philip J.; Gillman, Matthew William (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2008)
      Objective: In this review we describe the approach taken by the National Children’s Study (NCS), a 21-year prospective study of 100,000 American children, to understanding the role of environmental factors in the development ...

    • Neurobehavioural effects of developmental toxicity 

      Grandjean, Philippe; Landrigan, Philip J. (Elsevier BV, 2014)
      Neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, and other cognitive impairments, affect millions of children worldwide, and some diagnoses seem to be increasing in ...

    • A Qualitative Analysis of Environmental Policy and Children's Health in Mexico 

      Cifuentes, Enrique; Trasande, Leonardo; Ramirez, Martha; Landrigan, Philip J. (BioMed Central, 2010)
      Background: Since Mexico’s joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 1994, it has witnessed rapid industrialization. A byproduct of this ...