Children’s Vulnerability to Environmental Exposures: Science and Social Justice
- Shidonna Raven
- Oct 3
- 1 min read
Oct 14m 2010
Source: NIH
National Library of Medicine
National Center for Biotechnology Information
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Children’s Vulnerability to Environmental Exposures: Science and Social Justice
The exposures that influence children’s health begin before conception—reflecting parents’ diets and other environmental exposures—and continue through pregnancy, childhood, and adolescence. Table 2 presents some examples of climate-sensitive exposures to children at each life stage. Several factors may alter children’s environmental exposures relative to adults and increase children’s susceptibility to the effects of such exposures or stresses. These include the following six elements with climate-sensitive examples.
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