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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, HHS

Mission statement:

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. The NIEHS achieves its mission through multidisciplinary biomedical research programs, prevention and intervention efforts, and communication strategies that encompass training, education, technology transfer, and community outreach.

Contact Information:

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, HHS
P.O. Box 12233
Research Triangle Park NC 27709

Internet address: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/

Phone number(s):

(919) 541-3345 (Office of Communications)

Fax number:

(919) 541-4395

Related topics:

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• BREAST CANCER
• DISABILITIES
• ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
• ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENS
• PHYTOESTROGENS
• RESEARCH
• SECONDHAND SMOKE
• SMOKING

NWHIC record number O-64