Sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, this book provides a unique view of global inequities in health status and health systems. Emphasizing socioeconomic conditions, it combines chapters on conceptual and measurement issues with vivid case studies from countries around the world.

This book documents environmental threats to child health. Its themes are children's susceptibility to environmental toxicants, uncertainties surrounding environmental exposure limits, the influence of modifying factors, the role of health outcome and exposure monitoring, and the importance of intervention.