Health Studies Project
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services has been a leading agency in conducting epidemiologic studies of populations exposed to environmental hazards. One critical component necessary for addressing community health concerns and providing a comprehensive public health approach is the ability to perform follow-up health studies at hazardous sites needing special attention. The NJDHSS has had a long term relationship with the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) through a series of cooperative agreements to increase the department's ability to evaluate the environmental health hazards in communities.
The Department's Consumer and Environmental Health Services (CEHS) has developed and conducted numerous epidemiological studies focusing on both regional and site-specific environmental health problems. A wide variety of health study activities have been accomplished by CEHS staff, including projects examining health outcome endpoints, evaluating biological indicators of exposure, performing surveillance, and providing health services to communities.
Studies conducted include the following:
 2002 |
Radium in Drinking Water and the Incidence of Osteosarcoma 
PDF File Size: 1.7MB |
| 1997 |
Summary: Childhood Cancer Incidence Health Consultation: A Review and
Analysis of Cancer Registry Data, 1979-1995 for Dover Township (Ocean County),
New Jersey
PDF File Size: 151KB |
| 1996 |
Health Impact of the Napp Technologies Fire, Lodi, New Jersey (with Occupational
Disease and Injury Services): released May 5, 1997
PDF File Size: 35KB |
| 1995 |
Mesothelioma Incidence and Community Asbestos Exposure PDF
File Size: 5KB |
| 1994 |
The Lipari Landfill Birth Weight Study: A Twenty-five Year Trend Analysis
Chromium Medical Surveillance Project Final Report |
| 1993 |
Drinking Water Contamination and the Incidence of Leukemias and Non-Hodgkin's
Lymphomas PDF
File Size: 11KB |
| 1992 |
Population-based Surveillance and Etiologic Research of Adverse Reproductive
Outcomes and Toxic Wastes (with CDC)Phase I: Assembling Information on Adverse Reproductive Outcomes Second Report of the Task Group on Global Landfill and the Sommers Brothers Property Sites An Epidemiologic Report on Drinking Water and Fluoridation |
| 1991 |
Ocean Health Study Final Report PDF
File Size: 10KB |
| 1990 |
Ozone Health Effects Field Study of Children and Counselors at Two Day Camps in New Jersey, July 1988 |
| 1989 |
Chemical Sensitivity: A Report to the New Jersey State Department of Health
(Commissioned report by MIT)
Medical Evaluation of Children and Adults of the Whitney Young, Jr. School A Report on the Health Study of Residents Living near the Lipari Landfill A Case-Control Study of Radon and Lung Cancer among New Jersey Women (with Epidemiology and Research Service) The Study of Disease Clusters (Commissioned report by University of Medicine and Dentistry (UMDNJ)) |
| 1988 |
Mortality Experience of Residents Exposed to Elevated
Indoor Levels of Radon from an Industrial Source
A Report of the Task Group on Global Landfill and the Sommers Brothers Sites: a Project TEACH Activity A Study of Odor and Irritant Effects in a Population Residing near a Barrell and Pail Manufacturing Plant in Jersey City |
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Updated: April 9, 1998