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Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health
Gary Peck
Assistant State Health Officer
PO Box 3214
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
 Phone: (504) 568-5539
Website: http://oph.dhh.state.la.us/


Mission Statement

  
The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is to protect the public health and the people of Louisiana.

  • Geographic focus: Louisiana
  • Other organizational activities (not directed specifically toward children): advocacy, education, organizing, regulation, research, social services

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    Children's Environmental Health Activities

    		  
    The impact of the environment on children is always included in decisions of the Office of Public Health. The Office has a very active environmental epidemiology and toxicology section, which works closely with the state's Department of Environmental Quality and supplies public health advice and consent in many environmental advisory and regulatory matters. In addition, as resources allow, special studies are undertaken, e.g., investigation of disease clusters among children, such as cancer and investigation of epidemiologic factors of illness following environmental insults of an acute nature, such as chemical plant releases affecting communities.
    • Media Relations Officer: (504) 342-1532
    • Sanitarian Services: (204) 568-8181
    • Section of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology: (504) 568-8537

    Please note: the information presented above was provided and reviewed for accuracy by Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health and was not verified independently by the Children's Environmental Health Network.
    Publication date: 5/5/99
    Updated: 2/18/2003

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