Health Consequences of Environmental Exposures: Changing Global Patterns of Exposure and Disease

• Main Authors: Philip J. Landrigan (Author), J. Leith Sly (Author), Mathuros Ruchirawat (Author), Emerson R. Silva (Author), Xia Huo (Author), Fernando Diaz-Barriga (Author), Heather J. Zar (Author), Malcolm King (Author), Eun-Hee Ha (Author), Kwadwo Ansong Asante (Author), Hamid Ahanchian (Author), Peter D. Sly (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Environmental pollution is a major cause of disease and death. Exposures in early life are especially dangerous. Patterns of exposure vary greatly across countries. In low-income and lower middle income countries (LMICs), infectious, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases are still major contr...