Children''''''''s Health and the Environment ppt

... breast-feeding mothers, and widespread occurrence in the environment. To diminish maternal and infant exposure to Hg and Pb, it is necessary to establish guidelines based on an understanding of the environmental ... environmental occurrence of these metals and the manner in which they reach the developing human organism. In the present review, environmental exposure, acqu...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 23:20

... the Children’s Health and the Environment Indicators Initiative 1.1 CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT The recognition that children have unique and specifi c vulnerabilities to certain environmental ... look beyond standards-based reporting to other measures. • There is a need to improve the understanding of the chemistry of pollutants in the atmosphere, thei...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20

... States, 7 together with the French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, and the EC Joint Research Centre. The European Environment Agency, the ... on the environmental factors most rele- vant to health, health outcomes most influenced by the environment, and policy action deemed to reduce and prevent...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... Emergencies, 8 th ed. The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2006. Health Council of the Netherlands. Pesticides in food: assessing the risk to children. The Hague, Health Council of the Netherlands Report, June ... Mention the agreements that are relevant to the setting of the course and participants, and mention those ratified and/ or followed-up in the country.>> Re...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... new driving forces and global environmental changes pose challenges to human health and to the environment. These challenges contribute to environmental degradation – and environmental degradation ... and Child Health Global Climate Change and Child Health EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS Storms and floods  Death and injury  Displacement and disruptio...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... recognize the risks to our children and assume our responsibilities of preventing them, because we hold our future in our hands and it is our children. Thank you. 47 Children and Cancer Children and ... promotion stage, further genetic damage occurs in the form of mutation until there is loss of regulatory processes and the cancer moves into the progression phase with tumo...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20

... increase the risk for abnormal reactions to inhaled antigens and inflammagenic agents in the environment. The knowledge about health risks due to mold exposure is not widespread and health authorities ... eating and drinking, breathing, and through their skin. Molds have been with us for hundreds, even thousands of years, and many of us used to consider them simply a n...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20

... that bring together health and environment ministers and other the Commission on Sustainable Development • Incorporate children's environmental health into major health, environmental, ... scientific and technical reviews by health and environment experts to identify knowledge gaps and refine normative health and environment standards and guidelines Exp...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 11:20

... household products and can irritate the eyes, nose and airways. 1 INDOOR AIR POLLUTION Children's Health and the Environment WHO Training Package for the Health Sector World Health Organization www.who.int/ceh TRAINING ... asthma and otitis media and are at a higher risk of fire-related injuries. Furthermore, exposure to tobacco smoke damages the respiratory e...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20

... 2011. Mycotoxins 1 MYCOTOXINS MYCOTOXINS Children's Health and the Environment WHO Training Package for the Health Sector World Health Organization www.who.int/ceh October 2011 TRAINING FOR THE HEALTH SECTOR TRAINING FOR THE HEALTH SECTOR [Date ... Interval=1.8-87.6). The tortillas used to make the burritos were supplied by company B; the fillings, beef at on...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 03:20