[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72316-72317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34585]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Environmental Health; Meeting
The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following
meeting:
Name: A Public Health Response to Asthma.
Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-8 p.m., February 9, 1999; 8:30 a.m.-5
p.m., February 10, 1999; 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m., February 11, 1999.
Place: Sheraton Colony Square, 188 14th Street, NE Atlanta,
Georgia 30361. Telephone, 404/892-6000.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by space available. The
meeting space accommodates approximately 200 people.
Purpose: The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum
for increasing knowledge regarding asthma prevention and control and
an update of current asthma surveillance and intervention activities
in State and local health agencies. It will also provide a forum for
interaction with colleagues from across the country.
Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include a discussion of
the epidemiology and cost of asthma; community interventions;
legislation; coalitions; and lessons learned from ongoing programs.
Concurrent workgroups, round tables, and topic tables will be held
to further detailed discussions on asthma related topics.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
For Further Information Contact: Leslie Boss, Ph.D., Air
Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental
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Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, Mailstop F-39, 4770 Buford
Highway, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724. Telephone 770/488-7320, e-
mail LPB1@cdc.gov.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services office has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining
to announcements of meetings and other committee management
activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: December 22, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-34585 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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