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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Internet URL

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/  

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Sponsoring Agency

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health

Description

Human health and human disease result from three interactive elements: environmental factors, individual susceptibility and age. The mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is to reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from environmental causes by understanding each of these elements and how they interrelate.

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Review Date

3/13/2007

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