National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences


National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

 (NIEHS) an institute of the national institutes of health whose mission is to reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from environmental causes by defining how environmental exposures, genetic susceptibility, and age interact to affect the individual's health.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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NIEHS

An agency that conducts research on aging, the effects of environmental agents, and the combined effects of aging and exposure to environmental agents.