title: Findings and accomplishments of ATSDR's Superfund-mandated Substance-Specific Applied Research Program.
abstract: Priority research needs determined by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) for the agencies top-ranked hazardous substances are being filled via regulatory mechanisms, private sector voluntarism, and university-based research. To date, 17 studies have been completed, 12 are ongoing, and 12 are currently planned. Under the direction of the Substance-Specific Applied Research Program (SSARP), ATSDR-supported research has filled research needs that significantly improved the information base available for making appropriate public health decisions. With the knowledge and understanding gained from this research, health professionals are better able to identify and interdict significant exposure and mitigate toxicity when exposure occurs. Thus, the SSARP has played, and continues to play, a vital role in contributing towards improving ATSDR's efforts to meet its mission and goals in environmental public health. In addition to addressing research needs of interest to ATSDR, findings from the program have contributed to the overall scientific knowledge about the effects of toxic substances in the environment.
authors.affiliation: Division of Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. yts1@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Yee-Wan
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Mildred M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Williams-Johnson
authors.forename: Christopher T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: De Rosa
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cibulas
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004777:Environment; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005380:Financing, Government; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D011050:Policy Making; D017149:Private Sector; D011634:Public Health; D012042:Registries; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances