Washington / Wakefield / Leicester / Boston / Somerville / Washington; Boston / MA / /
Company
Health / /
Event
Environmental Issue / /
Facility
Lawrence Municipal Airport / /
IndustryTerm
emission control systems / /
NaturalFeature
Merrimack Valley / /
Organization
Bureau of Environmental Health / Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Environmental Health Environmental Epidemiology Program / Massachusetts Department of Public Health / Lawrence Board of Health / Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection / / /
Why was the study done? In 1998, The Health of the Merrimack Valley report revealed that hospitalization rates for asthma and pneumonia were elevated above overall state rates in most urban areas of the Merrimack Valley