Barbara Sattler, RN DrPH FAAN, School of Nursing, University of Maryland, 655 W, Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, 410 706-1849, bsattler@son.umaryland.edu

This presentation will provide a review of environmental health science using lifecycle approach to environmental risks to human health. Beginning with preconception, specific evidence will be presented which documents hazards to human health at particular stages of human development. It will speak to the body burdens of exposure to such hazards, and note especially vulnerable populations including mothers, infants and children, the elderly, those living in urban or rural areas, and those in particular occupations.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe impact of environmental risks across the lifecycle
• Describe especially vulnerable populations with regard to age, gender, residence and workplace factors, and others
• Emphacize the growing evidence for environmental health action

Keywords: Environmental Health Hazards, Public Health Nursing

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.