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UC Berkeley Stanford Childrens Environment Health Center

University of California - Berkeley

The overall goal of this Center is to better understand the effects of exposure in the womb to air pollutants and airborne bacteria on newborn health, immune system health during childhood, and to understand the relationship of these early-life exposures to asthma in children. Evidence suggests that exposure to air pollutants while in the womb may contribute to birth defects, the leading cause of infant mortality in the U.S. Exposure to air pollutants is also linked to the development of asthma in children. The study is being conducted in California’s San Joaquin Valley, which has some of the highest levels of air pollutants in the country. As one of California’s fastest-growing areas, the region includes both industrial farming and expanding cities surrounded by mountains on three sides, which can trap air pollutants within the Central Valley.

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Main Center Abstract and Reports:

Ambient Particle Health Effects: Exposure, Susceptibility, and Mechanisms
Centers of Excellence in Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research
Harvard Particle Center
The Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA)
Center for Integrating Statistical and Environmental Science
Metal Mixtures and Children’s Health
Center for Children's Environmental Health Research
Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Leukemia and the Environment (CIRCLE)
Center for Children’s Environmental Health and DiseasePreventionResearch (P01) (joint EPA and NIEHS) - CHAMACOS
Endotoxin Exposure and Asthma in Children
Novel Methods to Assess Effects of Bisphenol A (BPA) & Phthalates on Child Development
Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers: Formative Centers
Berkeley/Stanford Children’s Environmental Health Center
Air Pollution Mixtures: Health Effects Across Life Stages
Water Environment and Reuse Foundation (WE&RF)'s National Center for Resource Recovery and Nutrient Management
UC Berkeley/Stanford Children's Environmental Health Center
The UCSF Pregnancy Exposures to Environmental Chemicals (PEEC) Children's Center
Center for Research on Environmental and Social Stressors in Housing across the Life Course
Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Leukemia and the Environment

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