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Special Issue: Children’s environmental health disparities: The costs and benefits of breaking the cycle

Edited by I Leslie Rubin, Robert J Geller, Kurt Martinuzzi, Maeve Howett, Benjamin A Gitterman, Laura Wells, Wayne Garfinkel, Claire D Coles, and Joav Merrick

EDITORIALS

Children’s environmental health disparities: The costs and benefits of breaking the cycle
I Leslie Rubin, Robert J Geller, Kurt Martinuzzi, Maeve Howett, Benjamin A Gitterman, Laura Wells, Wayne Garfinkel, Claire D Coles, and Joav Merrick

The 10th annual “Break the cycle” student projects
I Leslie Rubin, Robert J Geller, Kurt Martinuzzi, Maeve Howett, Benjamin A Gitterman, Laura Wells, Wayne Garfinkel, Claire D Coles, and Joav Merrick

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Break the cycle annual project: Survey of past students. 2005-2011
I Leslie Rubin, Danielle Oves, Janice Nodvin, Robert J Geller, Maeve Howett, Kurt Martinuzzi, Benjamin A Gitterman, Laura Wells, and Joav Merrick

Impact of the home environment on the relationship between prenatal exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and child behavior
Madeleine B Hopson, Amy Margolis, Virginia Rauh, and Julie Herbstman

Health disparities and factors that trigger asthma in African-American children in low-income communities in Fort Valley, Georgia
Jasmine Williams and Saul Mofya

Impact of housing on pubertal timing
Farah Dadabhoy and Maida Galvez

Racial concentration as a determinant of access to health care in Georgia
Shruthi Satyamurthy and Daniel Montanera

A cross-sectional study to assess the relationship between environmental risk factors and malnutrition in children under the age of five living in the Chipata Compound of the Lusaka District, Zambia
Chalwe Chanda and Nosiku S Munyinda

Effects of heavy metal exposure on endocrine-related hormones in the neonates of Thai mothers working in agriculture
Grant A Walter, Parinya Panuwet, Tippawan Prapamontol, Warangkana Naksen, P Barry Ryan, Anne Riederer, and Dana B Barr

Race, socioeconomic status, and proximity to nuclear power plants in the Eastern United States
Christina Sauer, Julie Strominger, and Pamela Maxson

In-home interventions to mitigate asthma: Assessing the benefits to children, their caretakers, and the community
Justin Babino

Implementing community supports to lessen health disparities at kindergarten entry for very preterm survivors
Amelia Dmowska, Bree Andrews, Michael Schreiber, and Michael E Msall

The family check-up in a pediatric clinic: An integrated care delivery model to improve behaviors in the home environment
S Courtney Smith, Karen E Schetzina, Jodi Polaha, Katie Baker, and David Wood

Closing health disparities through a multi-level approach
Naeemah Ruffin, Sharon Levine, and Cappy Collins