Ninth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research

Paul Tchounwou

doi:10.3390/ijerph110101001

Abstract

This special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is dedicated to the publication of selected papers presented at the Eighth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research. The Symposium was organized by Jackson State University (JSU) from 16–19 September, 2012 at the Marriott Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. It was built upon the overwhelming success of seven previous symposia hosted by JSU. [...]

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National Institutes of Health RCMI-Center for Environmental Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch Street, Box 18750, Jackson, Fax: +1-601-979-0570
Received: 4 November 2013 / Accepted: 6 November 2013 / Published: 10 January 2014. This special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is dedicated to the publication of selected papers presented at the Eighth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research
The Symposium’s program had continued to have a special appeal to scientists and engineers who have been committed to bioenvironmental and public health research; studying the toxic mechanisms of action of various environmental agents, developing new approaches for detecting or remedying environmental damage, identifying and characterizing genes involved in the manifestation of environmentally-related diseases, conducting basic and translational research, and providing the public and policy makers with scientific tools that are critical for environmental and human health decision-making [1,2]

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Introduction

National Institutes of Health RCMI-Center for Environmental Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch Street, Box 18750, Jackson, Fax: +1-601-979-0570. Ninth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research National Institutes of Health RCMI-Center for Environmental Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch Street, Box 18750, Jackson, MS 39217, USA; E-Mail: paul.b.tchounwou@jsums.edu; Tel.: +1-601-979-2153; Fax: +1-601-979-0570

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