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The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH) is a program of the University of California funded by the State of California to train occupational health physicians, nurses, toxicologists, epidemiologists and industrial hygienists and further research on the causes, diagnosis, and prevention of occupational illnesses.

The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH) was established through State of California Assembly Bill 3414, chapter 1245, section 50.8 of the Labor Code to "develop a long range program for upgrading and expanding the resources of the State of California in the area of occupational health and medicine." The legislation was in response to a 1977 outbreak of sterility amongst workers exposed to the pesticide Dibromochloropropane (DBCP). The state acknowledged the need for research and training to protect workers from occupational injuries and disease specific to the industry of California.

The program is an agreement with the University of California and has created five centers affiliated with regional schools of medicine and public health, grouped into northern and southern regions. COEH North comprises University of California, Davis; University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco. COEH South University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Irvine.