title: The clinical presentation of environmental health problems and the role of the pediatric provider. What do I do when I see children who might have an environmentally related illness?
abstract: The practice of environmental health is concerned with the protection of the community. There are a number of tools used for assessment of environmental hazards, but environmental health is most reliant on the use of risk assessment. Risk assessment is a set of tools used to assess hazards on a community level, based on human studies, ecological studies, or toxicity testing of animals.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. lgoldman@jhsph.edu
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Goldman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004782:Environmental Health; D018876:Environmental Illness / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010819:Physician's Role
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances