Environmental health disparities : costs and benefits of breaking the cycle / I. Leslie Rubin and Joav Merrick, editors.

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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES COSTS AND BENEFITS OF BREAKING THE CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES COSTS AND BENEFITS OF BREAKING THE CYCLE; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF BREAKING THE CYCLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES; INTRODUCTION; BREAK THE CYCLE; COSTS OF HEALTH DISPARITIES; EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION; VALUE ADDED TEACHERS; MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE SCHOOL; MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN NEIGHBORHOODS; MAKING A DIFFERENCE ACROSS GENERATIONS

COST BENEFIT OF MAKING A DIFFERENCECONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; SECTION ONE: COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS; Chapter 2: ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS AND MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE LIVING IN ZAMBIA; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: RACIAL CONCENTRATION AND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IN GEORGIA; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: LIVING NEAR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

Chapter 5: ASTHMA AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIESINTRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: IMPACT OF HOUSING ON PUBERTAL TIMING; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; SECTION TWO: PREGNANCY AND OUTCOMES; Chapter 7: THAI MOTHERS WORKING IN AGRICULTURE: EFFECTS OF HEAVY METAL EXPOSURE ON ENDOCRINE-RELATED HORMONES IN THE NEONATES; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

Chapter 8: PRENATAL ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE EXPOSURE: HOME ENVIRONMENT AND CHILD BEHAVIOR SEVEN YEARS LATERINTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; SECTION THREE: MAKING A DIFFERENCE; Chapter 9: IN-HOME INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE PEDIATRIC EXPOSURE TO ASTHMA; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; OUR STUDY DESIGN; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; Chapter 10: THE FAMILY CHECK-UP IN A PEDIATRIC CLINIC AND BEHAVIOR IN THE HOME ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES

Chapter 11: EXERCISE AND HEALTHY EATING: MULTI-LEVEL COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTIONINTRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 12: PRETERM SURVIVORS: COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO LESSEN HEALTH DISPARITIES; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; SECTION FOUR: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?; Chapter 13: THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE OF"BREAK THE CYCLE" PROGRAM: SURVEY OF PAST STUDENTS; INTRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES; OUR SURVEY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; DISCLAIMERS; REFERENCES

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