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"Home-Sick"
The Effect of a Child's Environment on Health
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156:853-854.
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IT IS IMPORTANT that we ask as many questions as we can about a child's
environment. In clinical practice, as in pediatric research, one learns a
great deal by asking the right question. We have all been taught that the
patient's history provides the answer or diagnosis 95% of the time. In the
case of pediatric illnesses such as lead poisoning and asthma, the comprehensive
environmental history provides a window into a child's world, allowing one
to identify environmental hazards to health that might not be discussed otherwise.
Although environmental factors can affect the health of all individuals,
children are much more vulnerable than adults to environmental agents. Children
breathe faster than adults and have more efficient gastrointestinal absorption.
Their organ systems are more susceptible to damage by toxic agents because
their bodies are undergoing rapid change and development. Younger and cognitively
impaired children often possess behavioral characteristics that place . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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