Ye Xibiao, Fu Hua, Guidotti Tee
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
Arch Environ Occup Health. 2007 Summer;62(2):61-73. doi: 10.3200/AEOH.62.2.61-73.
Concerns regarding adverse health effects of exposure to environmental pollutants among children are increasing. This subject area is particularly important in China because of environmental pollution problems associated with rapid development and a large population. The authors provide what is, to their knowledge, the first review in China of English- and Chinese-language literature regarding the current status of environmental exposures to children in China and the impact of these exposures on the health of children. Children in China are exposed to diverse environmental pollutants, including traditional pollutants such as lead and mercury and emerging pollutants such as phthalates and perfluorinated compounds. Incidence and prevalence of certain childhood diseases have increased in last decades. In China, a limited number of data on environmental exposure and children's health are available, and further high-quality studies are needed.
人们对儿童接触环境污染物所产生的健康不良影响的担忧日益增加。由于快速发展和庞大人口带来的环境污染问题，这一主题领域在中国尤为重要。据作者所知，本文是中国首次对中英文文献进行的综述，内容涉及中国儿童环境暴露现状以及这些暴露对儿童健康的影响。中国儿童接触多种环境污染物，包括铅和汞等传统污染物以及邻苯二甲酸盐和全氟化合物等新兴污染物。在过去几十年中，某些儿童疾病的发病率和患病率有所上升。在中国，关于环境暴露与儿童健康的可用数据有限，需要进一步开展高质量研究。
