Key Concepts About the Public Health Uses of the NHANES Environmental Chemical Data

Many agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal departments, as well as, a wide range of researchers are major users of NHANES environmental chemical data. The National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals discusses the public health uses of environmental chemical data. Some examples of public health uses are as follows:

 

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