Children's Environmental Health in South and Southeast Asia: Networking for Better Child Health Outcomes

• Main Authors: Peter D. Sly (Author), Brittany Trottier (Author), David Carpenter (Author), Ubon Cha'on (Author), Stephania Cormier (Author), Betsy Galluzzo (Author), Samayita Ghosh (Author), Fiona Goldizen (Author), Michelle Heacock (Author), Paul Jagals (Author), Hari Datt Joshi (Author), Prachi Kathuria (Author), Le Thai Ha (Author), Melina S. Magsumbol (Author), Panida Navasumrit (Author), Poornima Prabhakaran (Author), Banalata Sen (Author), Chris Skelly (Author), Inoka Suraweera (Author), Sathiarany Vong (Author), Chador Wangdi (Author), William A. Suk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Children are particularly vulnerable to environmental hazards because they receive higher doses of pollutants in any given environment and often do not have equitable access to social protection mechanisms such as environmental and health care services. The World Health Organization established a gl...