Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Amount

$1,191,405.00

Award Date

9/29/2009

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

Children are involuntarily exposed to tobacco both in utero through maternal smoking and during childhood from secondhand smoke (SHS). SHS exposure is associated with important health problems such as low birth- weight, asthma induction, asthma exacerbati