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Health policy as it is shaped by housing, transportation, agricultural, environmental, economic policy. Specific effects of toxic chemicals on health, especially that of children. Biomonitoring of chemical body burdens and health. Pesticides and human health.

Dr. Hammond's early work focused on the pulmonary effects of exposures to silicon carbide in manufacturing, the carcinogenic potential of diesel exhaust exposures in railroad workers, the effects of exposure to solvents among boat builders, and the effect of exposure to machining fluids in the automobile industry. One of her continuing interests has been that of quantifying exposures to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).