Primary Recipient

THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY

Amount

$867,620.00

Award Date

9/23/2009

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

Since recent studies suggest that environmental toxicants can affect the integrity of the genome through effects on epigenetic mechanisms, the extent to which this occurs with different levels and types of Pb exposure need to be studied. Thus, the researc