International Journal of Environment and Health (IJEnvH)

International Journal of Environment and Health

2008 Vol.2 No.3/4

Special Issue on Children's Health and the Environment

Guest Editors: Alessandro Alimonti, Stephan Böse-O'Reilly, Hanns Moshammer and Peter Jan van den Hazel

Preface

Pages Title and author(s)
276-292Environmental threats to children's health – a global problem
Maria Neira, Fiona Gore, Marie-Noel Brune, Tom Hudson, Jenny Pronczuk de Garbino
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020922
293-303The PRONET project: pollution reduction options network to enhance implementation of successful transport and indoor environment practices in Europe
Peter Jan Van Den Hazel, Joris Van Loenhout, Pauline Slottje, Rob Jongeneel
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020923
304-313Children's Environmental Health National Profile: a multisectorial stakeholder collaboration experience in Argentina
Lilian Corra
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020924
314-329Effect of prenatal exposure to fine particles and postnatal indoor air quality on the occurrence of respiratory symptoms in the first two years of life
Wieslaw Jedrychowski, Frederica Perera, Umberto Maugeri, John D. Spengler, Elzbieta Mroz, Virginia Rauh, Elzbieta Flak, Agnieszka Pac, Ryszard Jacek, Susan Edwards
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020925
330-337Smoking relapse prevention intervention: a study of postpartum women in Lodz, Poland
Kinga Polanska, Wojciech Hanke, Danuta Ligocka
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020926
338-355Designing and building healthy places for children
Arthur M. Wendel, Andrew L. Dannenberg, Howard Frumkin
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020927
356-364Household factors influencing lung function in Austrian school children
Hanns Moshammer
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020928
365-385The relationship between asthma and ambient air pollutants among primary school students in Durban, South Africa
Emilie Joy Kistnasamy, Thomas G. Robins, Rajen Naidoo, Stuart Batterman, Graciela B. Mentz, Caron Jack, Elvis Irusen
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020929
386-396Respiratory symptoms of school children and their home environment in Northern Transdanubia, Hungary
Peter Rudnai, Mihaly J. Varro, Annamaria Macsik, Eszter Szabo, Maria Benyi
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020930
397-409German Environmental Survey IV: environmental tobacco smoke exposure of German children
Andre Conrad, Margarete Seiwert, Christine Schulz, Kerstin Becker, Detlef Ullrich, Marike Kolossa-Gehring
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020931
410-416Asthma in children: seasonal variations
Haralappa Paramesh
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020932
417-428Development neurotoxicity: implications of methylmercury research
Philippe Grandjean, Marian Perez
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020933
429-438Perinatal dioxin exposure in The Netherlands – a long-term follow-up
Marike M. Leijs, Gavin W. Ten Tusscher, Kees Olie, William M.C. Van Aalderen, Tom Vulsma, Matthijs Westra, Johannes Oosting, Janna G. Koppe
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020934
439-462Environmental exposure to platinum group elements released by automotive catalytic converters: the risk for children
Marcelo Enrique Conti, Alessandro Alimonti, Beatrice Bocca
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020935
463-474Heavy metal poisoning from Ayurvedic traditional medicines: an emerging problem?
Paul I. Dargan, Indika B. Gawarammana, John R.H. Archer, Ivan M. House, Debbie Shaw, David M. Wood
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020936