Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Amount

$433,732.00

Award Date

5/19/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Silica is the most abundant mineral in the earth's crust account for prevalent exposure to respirable silicates in many occupations in both affluent and developing nations. Besides smoking, this is the major preventable cause of chronic obstructive pulmon