Primary Recipient

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, INC., THE

Amount

$228,000.00

Award Date

5/01/2010

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

Chromium(VI) is used in many industries and is one of the 17 chemicals that pose the greatest risk to human health. Inhalation is a common form of exposure and causes occupational asthma, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary fibrosis, and pneumoconiosis. Lung ca