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Article: VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR PREGNANCY STUDY.(Local)(Medical condition overview)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- July 24, 1986
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Byline: Kathleen Haddad
The state Health Department will be contacting 5,000 Capital District women over the next few months, seeking volunteers for a $1.7 million study on early pregnancy loss as an indicator of environmental health effects.
The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta plans to fund the five-year study. Funding of $245,000 has been committed for the first year, with subsequent annual funding dependent on the study's progress, Health Department spokeswoman Faith Schottenfeld said Wednesday.
The names of 5,000 women will be culled from the files of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Letters will be mailed asking them to ...