McElroy Jane A, Anderson Henry A, Durkin Maureen S, Cronk Christine E
National Children's Study-Waukesha County Vanguard Center, USA.
WMJ. 2006 Mar;105(2):59-63.
The National Children's Study (NCS), launched in September of 2005, will investigate the effects of environmental exposures and children's health and development. Waukesha County, Wis was selected as 1 of 7 sites to spearhead this ambitious undertaking. Residents of Waukesha County may experience different kinds of environmental exposures from water, land, and air based on where they live, work, and play. A selected number of Waukesha County's environmental exposures described briefly in this report will serve the NCS well with their heterogeneity of potential exposures: from private well water and community water supplies that obtain water from both surface and groundwater; from the variable exposures to ambient air pollution from mobile sources, local industrial sources, and distant sources (ozone); and the different levels of exposures from soil and dust depending on the prevalence of pesticide use and lead-based paints. By combining data gathered from Waukesha County's participants with other study sites, a holistic picture of environmental exposures in the United States can be evaluated as it influences the health of our nation's children.
2005年9月启动的全国儿童研究（NCS）将调查环境暴露对儿童健康与发育的影响。威斯康星州沃基沙县被选为七个试点地区之一，以率先开展这项雄心勃勃的工作。沃基沙县的居民因其居住、工作和娱乐的地点不同，可能会接触到来自水、土地和空气的各种环境暴露因素。本报告简要描述的沃基沙县部分选定的环境暴露因素，因其潜在暴露的异质性，将为全国儿童研究提供有力支持：既有来自私人井水和从地表水及地下水取水的社区供水；又有来自移动源、当地工业源和远距离源（臭氧）的不同程度的环境空气污染暴露；还有因农药使用和含铅油漆的普及程度不同而导致的土壤和灰尘的不同暴露水平。通过将从沃基沙县参与者收集的数据与其他研究地点的数据相结合，可以评估美国环境暴露对我们国家儿童健康的影响的整体情况。
