Pediatric Environmental Health primer.In November 2003 the American Academy of Pediatrics The American Academy of Pediatrics ("AAP") is an organization of pediatricians, physicians trained to deal with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. Its motto is: "Dedicated to the Health of All Children. will release the second edition of its Handbook of Pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. Environmental Health, edited by Ruth Etzel. The handbook is geared toward helping clinicians identify, prevent, and treat childhood environmental health problems. The greatly expanded new edition, which is nearly twice as long as the first, includes more than 40 chapters. Chapters added for the second edition cover arsenic, gasoline and its additives, food irradiation Food irradiation is the process of exposing food to ionizing radiation in order to destroy microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, or insects that might be present in the food. Further applications include sprout inhibition, delay of ripening, increase of juice yield, and improvement of , metals (including chromium, manganese manganese (măng`gənēs, măn`–) [Lat.,=magnet], metallic chemical element; symbol Mn; at. no. 25; at. wt. 54.938; m.p. about 1,244°C;; b.p. about 1,962°C;; sp. gr. 7.2 to 7. , and nickel), chemical/biological terrorism, and environmental threats specific to developing countries. Each chapter also provides a section of frequently asked questions. |
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