CHEEC

The University of Iowa Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination (CHEEC) supports and conducts research to identify, measure and study adverse health outcomes related to exposure to environmental toxins. CHEEC was established through the 1987 Iowa Groundwater Protection Act and has focused its efforts to date mainly on drinking water contaminants... A primary activity of CHEEC involves maintaining environmental database designs for environmental health research. CHEEC is involved in a variety of epidemiologic studies of rural and urban populations in Iowa, mainly focused on drinking water contaminants and health effects... CHEEC is a multidisciplinary environmental health research center comprised of faculty and researchers located in the University of Iowa Colleges of Public Health, Engineering, and Liberal Arts and Sciences, and State Hygienic Laboratory.

Also known as: Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination, The University of Iowa, University of Iowa

Primary location: Iowa City United States