Seventh International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research

Paul B Tchounwou

doi:10.3390/ijerph8062565

Abstract

During the past century, environmental hazards have become a major concern, not only to public health professionals, but also to the society at large because of their tremendous health, socio-cultural and economic impacts. Various anthropogenic or natural factors have been implicated in the alteration of ecosystem integrity, as well as in the development of a wide variety of acute and/or chronic diseases in humans. It has also been demonstrated that many environmental agents, acting either independently or in combination with other toxins, may induce a wide range of adverse health outcomes. Understanding the role played by the environment in the etiology of human diseases is critical to designing cost-effective control/prevention measures. This special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health includes the proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research. The Symposium provided an excellent opportunity to discuss the scientific advances in biomedical, environmental, and public health research that addresses global environmental health issues.

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National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research Resources RCMI-Center for Environmental Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, Tel.: +1-601-979-0777; Fax: +1-601-979-0570
Received: April 2011 / Accepted: April 2011 / Published: 23 June 2011. This special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is dedicated to the publication of selected papers presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research
State University (JSU) from September 12–15, 2010 at the Marriott Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. It was built upon the overwhelming success of previous symposia hosted by JSU and co-sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RCMI-Center for Environmental Health, the U.S Department of Education Title III Graduate Education Program, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency, the JSU

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National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research Resources RCMI-Center for Environmental Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, Tel.: +1-601-979-0777; Fax: +1-601-979-0570. Seventh International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research

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