title: Twelfth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research.
abstract: During the past century, environmental hazards have become a major concern, not only to public health professionals, but also to the society at large because of their tremendous health, socio-cultural and economic impacts. Various anthropogenic or natural factors have been implicated in the alteration of ecosystem integrity, as well as in the development of a wide variety of acute and/or chronic diseases in humans. It has also been demonstrated that many environmental agents, acting either independently or in combination with other toxins, may induce a wide range of adverse health outcomes. Understanding the role played by the environment in the etiology of human diseases is critical to designing cost-effective control/prevention measures. This special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health includes the proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research. The Symposium provided an excellent opportunity to discuss the scientific advances in biomedical, environmental, and public health research that addresses global environmental health issues.
authors.affiliation: National Institutes of Health RCMI-Center for Environmental Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch Street, Box 18750, Jackson, MS 39217, USA. paul.b.tchounwou@jsums.edu.
authors.forename: Paul B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Tchounwou
mesh_terms: D017753:Ecosystem; D004777:Environment; D004782:Environmental Health; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D012106:Research
keywords: biomedical science; environmental science; international symposium; public health