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Texas Department of Health


1100 West 49th St.
Austin, TX 78756
Phone: (512) 458-7375
URL: http://www.tdh.state.tx.us

Mission Statement

 
The Texas Department of Health (TDH) is the state government agency charged with protecting and promoting the health of the public.

  • Geographic focus: Texas
  • No membership
  • Other organizational activities (not directed specifically toward children): advocacy, social services

    • Children's Environmental Health Activities

    		 
    TDH has been the lead organization for a broad-based children's health and safety initiative. TDH has been involved in many programs and associated activities related to children and their environment including a paper on blood lead levels by geographic areas for children in the EPSDT program, ongoing studies of neural tube defects along the US-Mexico border, as well as outbreak investigations associated with communicable diseases affecting children.

    Please note: the information presented above was provided and reviewed for accuracy by Texas Department of Health and was not verified independently by the Children's Environmental Health Network.
    Publication date: 5/5/99
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