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UW, Waukesha County to be part of children’s health study

WAUKESHA (AP) – Researchers will study Waukesha County children’s food, the air around them and even the dust in their homes as part of nationwide study of environmental influences on health.

The goal is to find ways to prevent and treat health problems such as autism, birth defects, diabetes and heart disease.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison was named Thursday as one of six centers that will help complete the first phase of the study, led by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.