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Background information and call resources

This teleconference was a discussion on the overview of the behind diesel exhaust and human health, occupational settings that are heavily impacted, as well as an outline of a community model (the Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative).

This call was moderated by Christine Cordero, Community Health Program Coordinator for Center for Environmental Health, and Co-coordinator of the CHE Asthma Working Group, and included featured presentations from:

• Patrick Kinney, ScD, Associate Professor of Clinical Public Health, Joseph A. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University 
  
• Jennifer Flattery, MPH, Research Scientist, California Department of Health Services, Occupational Health Branch
  
• Swati Prakash, MS, Steering Committee Member, Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative, and Program Director, Community Strategies for Sustainability and Justice Program, Pacific Institute
  
• Bruce Hill, PhD, Senior Scientist, Clean Air Task Force, Boston, Massachusetts
• Wafaa Aborashed, President, Davis West Neighborhood Association, San
  Leandro, CA