Environmental Health Ethics in Study of Children

TY - ENCYC

T1 - Environmental Health Ethics in Study of Children

AU - Knudsen, Lisbeth E.

AU - Pedersen, Marie

AU - Merlo, D. F.

PY - 2011/1/1

Y1 - 2011/1/1

N2 - Children are not small adults in relation to exposure and susceptibility. Rapid growth, development, and anatomical and physiological changes in various organs and organ systems differentiate children from adults in relation to exposure and susceptibility to environmental exposures. The unborn child and lactating child may be exposed to environmental pollutants that depend on the maternal exposures. Also children are exposed to different sources of exposure because of behavior, for example, eating sand from a sandpit, exposure to dust while crawling on the floor. Moreover children have a longer life span in which to express illness. Second, children are particularly dependent on their environment and on their caregivers to make the right decisions for them. Their ability of making independent decisions depends on their age and it may differ from adults.

AB - Children are not small adults in relation to exposure and susceptibility. Rapid growth, development, and anatomical and physiological changes in various organs and organ systems differentiate children from adults in relation to exposure and susceptibility to environmental exposures. The unborn child and lactating child may be exposed to environmental pollutants that depend on the maternal exposures. Also children are exposed to different sources of exposure because of behavior, for example, eating sand from a sandpit, exposure to dust while crawling on the floor. Moreover children have a longer life span in which to express illness. Second, children are particularly dependent on their environment and on their caregivers to make the right decisions for them. Their ability of making independent decisions depends on their age and it may differ from adults.

M3 - Encyclopedia chapter

SN - 978-0-444-52273-3

VL - 2

SP - 400

EP - 409

BT - Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

A2 - Nriagu, J. O.

PB - Elsevier

ER -