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The Children's Centers share the common objective of fostering research that will ultimately reduce the extent of adverse human health effects occurring as a consequence of exposure to hazardous environmental agents. Select one of the following research areas to view research within the topic:
- Air Pollutants and Asthma
- Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Children's Exposure to Pesticides and Related
Health Outcomes
- Complex Chemical Mixtures and Heavy Metals
- Environmental Tobacco Smoke
- PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
Primary outcomes, exposures, and populations studied by the Centers for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research:
Study | Outcomes or health concern | Exposures or intervention | Population |
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Birth cohorts | |||
University of California, Berkeley | Infant growth and development | Pesticides, allergens | Latinos, in an agricultural community, Salinas Valley, California |
Columbia University | Infant growth and development, asthma | Pesticides, lead, smoke, PAHs | Urban Latinos (Dominican), African Americans, NYC |
Mt. Sinai Medical Center | Infant growth and development, obesity | Chlorpyrifos, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, built environment | Urban Latinos, African Americans, East Harlem, NYC |
University of Illinois | Infant growth and development | PCBs, mercury | Hmong, Wisconsin |
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital | Infant growth and development | Lead, pesticides, smoke | Urban African Americans, Cincinnati, Ohio |
Duke University | Disparities in pregnancy outcomes | Environmental, social and host factors | Pregnant women in North Carolina |
School-age cohorts | |||
Johns Hopkins University | Asthma | Allergens, air pollution | African Americans, health care based, Baltimore, Maryland |
University of Southern California | Asthma | Air pollution | School children in 12 communities in Los Angeles, California |
University of Michigan | Asthma | Air pollution, allergens | African Americans, school based, Detroit, MI |
University of Iowa | Asthma | RSV, endotoxin | Rural Iowa |
Case-only and case–control studies | |||
University of California, Davis | Autism | Environmental and other risk factors | Cases and controls identified throughout California, mentally retarded controls and healthy controls |
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey | Autism, regression | Home chemical exposures | Autistic children with and without regression |
Intervention/prevention studies | |||
University of California, Berkeley | Agricultural pesticide exposure | Worker cleanup in fields | Migrant workers in Salinas Valley, California |
Columbia University | Household pesticides and allergens | Integrated pest management | African Americans and Latinos, North Manhattan, NYC |
Mount Sinai Medical Center | Chlorpyrifos use, cockroach allergen | Integrated pest management | African Americans and Latinos, East Harlem, NYC |
University of Illinois | Birth outcomes and growth | Education about fish consumption (PCBs, mercury) | Hmong, Wisconsin |
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital | Lead | Household cleanup and remediation | African Americans, inner-city Cincinnati, Ohio |
University of Michigan | Asthma symptoms | Household cleanup | African Americans and Latinos, Detroit, Michigan |
Johns Hopkins University | Asthma symptoms | Household cleanup | African Americans, Baltimore, Maryland |
University of Iowa | Asthma symptoms | Cleanup, medical management, personalized care plan | Rural Iowa |
University of Southern California | Asthma symptoms | Household cleanup | School children in 12 communities in Los Angeles, California |
University of Washington | Agricultural pesticide exposure | Pesticide reduction strategies | Agricultural workers, Yakima Valley, Washington |
Abbreviations: NYC, New York City; PAHs, polyaromatic hydrocarbons; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus. |