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Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS)

Carrie Igondjo
Program Assistant
Maternal and Child Health Program
UC Berkeley, School of Public Health
140 Warren Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: (510) 643-9598
Fax: (510) 642-5815

Mission Statement

 
Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS) is one of eight new centers for children's environmental health and disease prevention research established by the NIEHS in conjunction with the EPA. By tracking children's development and health up to age two, the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas will study the relationship between children's exposure to pesticides, molds, and dust and the health effects of these exposures such as delayed growth; slow learning and developmental problems; and respiratory diseases.

  • Geographic focus: Monterey County, California
  • No membership

    • Children's Environmental Health Activities

    		 
    CHAMACOS is focusing on environmental exposures to pregnant women and their children in the Salinas Valley. The goals of the research project are to assess environmental exposures, to determine potential health effects of these exposures, and to reduce exposure levels throughout agricultural communities.

    Please note: the information presented above was provided and reviewed for accuracy by Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas and was not verified independently by the Children's Environmental Health Network.
    Publication date: 6/2/99
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