Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 6.11.2002

Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Agricultural Health Study-A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Diseases Among Men and Women in Agriculture-Influence of Corn Farming on the Immune System Sub-Study

In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Proposed Collection: Title: Agricultural Health Study--A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Diseases Among Men and Women in Agriculture--Influence of Corn Farming on the Immune System Sub-study. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently approved collection (0925-0406, expiration 11/30/03). Need and Use of Information Collection: The Agricultural Health Study (AHS) is an ongoing prospective cohort study of 89,658 farmers, their spouses, and commercial applicators of pesticides from Iowa and North Carolina. The proposed collection of additional information is intended to assess the effects of corn farming activities and exposures during the farming season on the immune system. The collection is intended to determine whether there are immune changes or altered immune func