Journal article
Children's Environmental Health in Central Asia and the Middle East
Abstract
Children in Central Asia and the Middle East bear disproportionate environmental threats to health, of which the most widespread and serious result from poverty, malnutrition, lack of access to safe drinking water and food, and exposures to toxic chemicals. Their psychological health is threatened in several parts of this region by internal wars and strife. Many, or even most, children are regularly exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. In …
Authors
Carpenter DO; El-Qaderi S; Fayzieva D; Gilani AH; Hambartsumyan A; Herz K; Isobaev M; Kasymov O; Kudyakov R; Majitova Z
Journal
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 362–368
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
October 2006
DOI
10.1179/oeh.2006.12.4.362
ISSN
1077-3525