The objective of this project is to enable the applicant to continue to participate in three epidemiologic studies in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) and Czechoslovakia investigating acute and chronic health effects resulting from exposure to environmental contaminants (particularly air pollutants). Three visits of four months duration each are requested; the studies are expected to continue at least through 1999. (1) A study of acute health effects on children and adults of exposure to a number of air pollutants, some at levels rarely seen in the U.S. any more. (2) A large on-going cross-sectional prospective study of the effect on respiratory and allergic disorders in successive cohorts of children and older women in one of the most highly polluted regions in the former GDR. (3) A prospective epidemiologic study of pregnant women and their offspring to determine environmental risk factors for the development of asthma.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Fogarty International Center (FIC)
Type
Unknown (F06)
Project #
5F06TW001976-03
Application #
2292460
Study Section
Physiological Sciences Study Section (PSF)
Project Start
1996-09-18
Project End
Budget Start
1996-01-01
Budget End
1996-04-30
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
1995
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Columbia University (N.Y.)
Department
Neurology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
167204994
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10032
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