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    Environmental Health
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Environmental Surveillance and Assessment (ESA) Section
651-201-4899
health.risk@state.mn.us

Contact Info

Environmental Surveillance and Assessment (ESA) Section
651-201-4899
health.risk@state.mn.us

Children's Environmental Health
References

1World Health Organization. (2002). Healthy Environments for Children: Initiating an Alliance for Action.

2U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2013). Children’s Health Protection. Retrieved from EPA - Children

3Altshuler, K., Berg, M., Frazier, L. M., Laurenson, J., Longstreth, J., Mendez, W., & Molgaard, C. M. (2003). Critical Periods in Development: OCHP Paper Series on Children's Health and the Environment. Paper 2003-2, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

4Landrigan, P. J., Carlson, J. E., Bearer, C. F., Cranmer, J. S., Bullard, R. D., Etzel, R. A., Groopman, J., McLachlan, J. A., Perera, J. A., Reigard, J. R., Robison, L., Schell, L., & Suk, W. A. (1998). Children's health and the environment: A new agenda for prevention research. Environmental Health Perspectives 106(3):787-794.

5Miller, M. D., Marty, M. A., Arcus, A., Brown, J., Morry, D., & Sandy, M. (2002). Differences between Children and Adults: Implications for Risk Assessment at California EPA. International Journal of Toxicology, 21:403-418.

6Timbrell, J. (2002). Principles of Biochemical Toxicology, Third Edition. Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis.

7U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2002). Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook. EPA-600-P-00-002B.

8U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1985). Prevention '84/'85. Washington D.C.: Public Health Service Office.

9Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (1999). Control of Infectious Diseases: 1900-1999. Journal of the American Medical Association 282(11):1029-1032.

10Guyer, B., Freedman, M. A., Strobino, D. M. & Sondik, E. J. (2000). Annual Summary of Vital Statistics: Trends in the Health of Americans During the 20th Century. Pediatrics 106(6):1307-1317.

11Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013). Faststats – Child Health. Atlanta, Georgia.

12Centers For Disease Control And Prevention: Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report. (1999). Safe and Healthier Foods: 1900-1999. Journal of the American Medical Association 282(20):1909-1912.

13McMichael, A. J., & Beaglehole, R. (2000). The changing global context of public health. The Lancet 356(9228):495-499.

14Michaud, C., Murray, C., & Bloom, B. (2001). Burden of disease - Implications for future research. Journal of the American Medical Association 285(5):535-539.

15Sheffield, P. E. & Landrigan, F. J. (2010) Global climate change and children’s heath: Threats and strategies for prevention. Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(3): 291-298.

16U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2013). Americas Children and the Environment - Third Edition. Atlanta, Georgia.

17Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012). National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey – About NHANES. Retrieved from: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

18Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC). (2011). IACC Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder Research. Retrieved from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee .

19Surén, P., Roth, C., Bresnahan, M., Haugen, M., Hornig, M., Hirtz, D. et al. (2013). Association between maternal use of folic acid supplements and risk of autism in children. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 309(5): 570-577. JAMA

20Eubig, P. A., Aguiar, A. & Schantz, S. L. (2010). Lead and PCBs as risk factors for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Environmental Health Perspectives, 118(12):1654-1667.

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