The University of Arizona’s Department of Pediatrics is one of 36 study centers selected to participate in a national children’s study to investigate the interaction of genes and the environment on health.
The National Institutes of Health’s six-year $44 million study will follow a representative sample of 100,000 children from before they were born to age 21. The UA will focus on children children in Pinal and Apache counties.
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The study will investigate factors influencing the development of conditions such as autism, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, birth defects, diabetes, asthma and obesity.
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