National Children’s Study Environmental Summit – 1
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. I’m Joe Balintfy. The National Children's Study is the largest, long-term examination of children's health ever conducted in the United States. It will follow 100,000 children from before birth to age 21 to learn how the environment influences children's health, development, and quality of life.
Hirschfeld: We have a pilot study underway which we're calling the Vanguard Study; that's active in 37 locations now around the country.
Narrator: Dr. Steven Hirschfeld is the acting director of the National Children’s Study at NIH. He says the Main Study will get underway sometime in 2012.
Hirschfeld: The Main Study is the exposure-response study.
Narrator: For details on the study, or to participate, visit www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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