title: Protecting children from environmental risks throughout each stage of their childhood.
abstract: Children's susceptibility to environmental contaminants can vary significantly by life stage. The recent adoption by the US Environmental Protection Agency of a standard set of childhood age groups is proving instrumental in improving our ability to protect children by more consistently considering life-stage changes when assessing exposure, dose, and risk.
authors.affiliation: Office of Children's Health Protection, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA. Firestone.Michael@epamail.epa.gov
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Firestone
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants