Environmental Health Hazards: How Children Are Different from Adults.

Bearer, Cynthia F.

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ERIC Number: EJ522408

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Environmental Health Hazards: How Children Are Different from Adults.

Bearer, Cynthia F.

Future of Children, v5 n2 p11-26 Sum-Fall 1995

Presents the scientific basis for the impacts of the environment on children and describes the differences between adults and children in physical, biological, and social environments. The article highlights why children should not be treated as "little adults" in developing environmental policy. (GR)

Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Biology, Child Development, Child Health, Elementary School Students, Environmental Influences, Hazardous Materials, High School Students, Junior High School Students, Physical Environment, Physical Health, Pollution, Preschool Children, Social Environment, Wastes

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue topic: "Critical Issues for Children and Youths."