Environmental threats to children's health: a challenge for pediatrics: 2000 Ambulatory Pediatric Association (APA) Presidential Address.
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Public health accomplishments have dramatically improved children’s lives. Sanitation programs, vaccines, better nutrition, surveillance and monitoring of disease, and the development of antibiotics have led to extraordinary reductions in infant and child mortality.1 Ambulatory pediatricians have contributed, through research, teaching, and advocacy, and especially through the delivery of improved medical care to this dramatic trend. Despite these advances, children are in trouble:
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Pediatrics
دوره 106 4 Suppl شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000