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      Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States

      Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Looks at what is known about work done by children and adolescents and the effects of that work on their physical and emotional health and social functioning. This book provides…

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      Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnosis and Assessment

      Subcommittee on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder of the Committee on Gulf War and Health,Committee on Gulf War and Health: Physiologic, Psychologic, and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnosis and Assessment (2006)

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      Adolescent Decision Making: Implications for Prevention Programs: Summary of a Workshop

      Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Interest in the role that decision making plays in adolescents’ involvement in high-risk behaviors led the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation of the U.S. Department of…

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      Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2000

      Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides,Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the state of the scientific evidence regarding associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemical compounds in herbicides used in Vietnam. This book addresses over forty health…

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      New Treatments for Addiction: Behavioral, Ethical, Legal, and Social Questions

      Committee on Immunotherapies and Sustained-Release Formulations for Treating Drug Addiction,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      New and improved therapies to treat and protect against drug dependence and abuse are urgently needed. This book helps develop medications that can block or significantly attenuate the psychoactive effects…

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      Fostering Rapid Advances in Health Care: Learning from System Demonstrations

      Committee on Rapid Advance Demonstration Projects: Health Care Finance and Delivery Systems,National Academy of Sciences

      In response to a request from the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine convened a committee to identify possible demonstration projects that might…

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      Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up?

      Committee on Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the progress made by obesity prevention initiatives in the United States from 2004 to 2006. This book emphasizes a call to action for key stakeholders and sectors to commit…

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      The Unequal Burden of Cancer: An Assessment of NIH Research and Programs for Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved

      Committee on Cancer Research Among Minorities and the Medically Underserved,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides a view of cancer as experienced by ethnic minorities and the medically underserved. This work offers recommendations in understanding special populations, improving the collection of cancer-related data, and setting…

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      Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002

      Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides,National Academy of Sciences

      This book updates and evaluates the available scientific evidence regarding statistical associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemical compounds in herbicides used in Vietnam, focusing on new…

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      Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides,National Academy of Sciences

      Evaluates evidence regarding the statistical association between exposure to herbicides used in Vietnam and various adverse health outcomes suspected to be linked with such exposure. This book is suitable for…

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      Gulf War and Health

      Committee on Gulf War and Health: A Review of the Medical Literature Relative to the Gulf War Veterans' Health,National Academy of Sciences

      Summarizes the status of health effects in veterans deployed to the Persian Gulf irrespective of exposure information. This book reviews, evaluates, and summarizes both peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature addressing…

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      Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate

      Panel on Dietary Reference Intakes for Electrolytes and Water,The Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes,National Academy of Sciences

      Critics have argued that the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) of vitamins and minerals are aimed at preventing deficiencies rarely seen nowadays rather than promoting optimal health. As part of a…

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      Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate

      Panel on Dietary Reference Intakes for Electrolytes and Water,The Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes,National Academy of Sciences

      Critics have argued that the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) of vitamins and minerals are aimed at preventing deficiencies rarely seen nowadays rather than promoting optimal health. As part of a…

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      Medicare: New Directions in Quality Assurance Proceedings

      Committee to Design a Strategy for Quality Review and Assurance in Medicare,Division of Health Care Services,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Addresses ideas about how to move toward increasing professionalism, implementing orgranization and system-focused quality improvement, and better decision making by patients and clinicians. This book also explores research questions and…

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      Improving the Medicare Market: Adding Choice and Protections

      Committee on Choice and Managed Care: Assuring Public Accountability and Information for Informed Purchasing by and on Behalf of Medicare Beneficiaries,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines how to give Medicare beneficiaries the same choice of health plan options enjoyed in the private sector - yet protect them as consumers and patients. This book recommends approaches…

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      Improving Medical Education: Enhancing the Behavioral and Social Science Content of Medical School Curricula

      Committee on Behavioral and Social Sciences in Medical School Curricula,National Academy of Sciences

      What are medical schools teaching students about the behavioral and social sciences? The committee concluded that there is inadequate information available to sufficiently describe behavioral and social science curriculum content…

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      Cancer Biomarkers: The Promises and Challenges of Improving Detection and Treatment

      Committee on Developing Biomarker-Based Tools for Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment,National Academy of Sciences

      Many cancer patients are diagnosed at a stage in which the cancer is too far advanced to be cured, and most cancer treatments are effective in only a minority of…

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      Exploring Challenges, Progress, and New Models for Engaging the Public in the Clinical Research Enterprise: Clinical Research Roundtable Workshop Summary

      Based on a Workshop of the Clinical Research Roundtable,National Academy of Sciences,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Institute of Medicine

      Offers a summary of a workshop focused on exploring the role of the public in the Clinical Research Enterprise. This report identifies four challenges: enhancing public participation in clinical research…

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      The Future of Drug Safety: Promoting and Protecting the Health of the Public

      Committee on the Assessment of the US Drug Safety System,National Academy of Sciences

      Noting that resources and therefore efforts to monitor medications’ risk benefit profiles taper off after approval, this book offers a set of recommendations to ensure that consideration of safety extends…

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      From Generation to Generation: The Health and Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families

      Committee on the Health and Adjustment of Immigrant Children and Families,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Explores what we know about the development of white, black, Hispanic, and Asian children and youth from numerous countries of origin. Describing the status of immigrant children and youth as…

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      Valuing Health for Regulatory Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

      Committee to Evaluate Measures of Health Benefits for Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides useful recommendations for how to measure health-related quality-of-life impacts for diverse public health, safety, and environmental regulations. This work is useful for public decision makers, regulatory analysts, scholars, and…

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      Nutrient Composition of Rations for Short-Term, High-Intensity Combat Operations

      Committee on Optimization of Nutrient Composition of Military Rations for Short-term,High-stress Situations,Committee on Military Nutrition Research,National Academy of Sciences

      Recognizing the importance of good nutrition for physical and mental status, the Department of Defense asked the Institute of Medicine to guide the design of the nutritional composition of a…

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      Improving the Social Security Disability Decision Process

      Committee on Improving the Disability Decision Process: SSA's Listing of Impairments and Agency Access to Medical Expertise,National Academy of Sciences

      The Social Security Administration (SSA) provides Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits to disabled persons of less than full retirement age and to their dependents. SSA also provides Supplemental Security…

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      Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity?

      Committee on Food Marketing and the Diets of Children and Youth,National Academy of Sciences

      Creating an environment in which children in the United States grow up healthy should be a high priority for the nation. What impact has food and beverage marketing had on…

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      Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance

      Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth,National Academy of Sciences

      Given the trajectory toward a healthier childhood, we begin the 21st-century with a shocking development - an epidemic of obesity in children and youth. This book explores the causes of…

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      Veterans and Agent Orange: Herbicide/Dioxin Exposure and Acute Myelogenous Leukemia in the Children of Vietnam Veterans

      Institute of Medicine,Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Third Biennial Update),National Academy of Sciences

      This book updates and evaluates the available scientific evidence regarding statistical associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemical compounds in herbicides used in Vietnam, focusing on new…

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      Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users

      Committee for the Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users,National Academy of Sciences

      Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users

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      Ethical Considerations for Research on Housing-Related Health Hazards Involving Children

      Committee on Ethical Issues in Housing-Related Health Hazard Research Involving Children, Youth, and Families,National Academy of Sciences

      Explores the ethical issues posed when conducting research designed to identify, understand, or ameliorate housing-related health hazards among children. Such research involves children as subjects and is conducted in the…

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      Interactions of Drugs, Biologics, and Chemicals in U.S. Military Forces

      Committee to Study the Interactions of Drugs, Biologics, and Chemicals in U.S. Military Forces,National Academy of Sciences,Medical Follow-Up Agency,Institute of Medicine

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      When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families

      National Academy of Sciences,Committee on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families

      The death of a child is a special sorrow. No matter the circumstances, a child’s death is a life-altering experience. This book examines what we know about the needs of…

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      Workshop on Disability in America: A New Look, Summary and Background Papers

      Based on a Workshop of the Committee on Disability in America: A New Look,National Academy of Sciences

      Workshop on Disability in America: A New Look - Summary and Background Papers (2006)

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      Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, and Choline

      Food and Nutrition Board,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Providing nutrient guidelines, this book presents what is known about how the nutrient functions in the human body, the best method to determine its requirements, which factors may affect how…

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      Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, and Choline

      Food and Nutrition Board,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      For each nutrient, this book presents what is known about how the nutrient functions in the human body, what the best method is to determine its requirements, which factors (caffeine…

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      Ending the Tobacco Problem: A Blueprint for the Nation

      Committee on Reducing Tobacco Use: Strategies, Barriers, and Consequences,National Academy of Sciences

      The nation has made tremendous progress in reducing tobacco. This book generates a blueprint for the nation in the struggle to reduce tobacco use. It reviews prevention and treatment interventions…

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      Ranking Vaccines: Applications of a Prioritization Software Tool: Phase III: Use Case Studies and Data Framework

      National Academy of Engineering,Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Identifying and Prioritizing New Preventive Vaccines for Development, Phase III

      SMART Vaccines - Strategic Multi-Attribute Ranking Tool for Vaccines - is a prioritization software tool developed by the Institute of Medicine that utilizes decision science and modeling to help inform…

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      Giving Full Measure to Countermeasures: Addressing Problems in the DOD Program to Develop Medical Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Agents

      Committee on Accelerating the Research, Development, and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Agents,National Research Council

      Substantial efforts have been initiated to develop new drugs, vaccines, and other medical interventions against biological agents that could be used in bioterrorist attacks against civilian populations. This book identifies…

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      Dietary Reference Intakes: Applications in Dietary Assessment

      A Report of the Subcommittees on Interpretation and Uses of Dietary Reference Intakes and Upper Reference Levels of Nutrients,The Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes,Food and Nutrition Board,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Since 1994, the Institute of Medicine’s Food and Nutrition Board has been involved in developing an expanded approach to developing dietary reference standards. This book provides guidance to nutrition and…

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      Measuring What Matters: Allocation, Planning, and Quality Assessment for the Ryan White Care Act

      Committee on the Ryan White CARE Act: Data for Resource Allocation,Planning and Evaluation,National Academy of Sciences

      The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, enacted in 1990, provides funding to cities, states, and other public and private entities to provide care and support services to…

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      Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus

      Committee on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Associated with Military Service from World War II to the Present,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents findings on the presence of hazardous noise in military settings, levels of noise exposure necessary to cause hearing loss or tinnitus, risk factors for noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus…

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      Quarantine Stations at Ports of Entry Protecting the Public’s Health

      Committee on Measures to Enhance the Effectiveness of the CDC Quarantine Station Expansion Plan for U.S. Ports of Entry,National Academy of Sciences

      Quarantine Stations at Ports of Entry Protecting the Public’s Health (2005)

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      Developing an Information Infrastructure for the Medicare+Choice Program: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on Choice and Managed Care: Furthering the Knowledge Base to Ensure Public Accountability and Information for Informed Purchasing,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      On March 4 and 5, 1998, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Choice and Managed Care held a 2-day workshop entitled Developing the Information Infrastructure for Medicare Beneficiaries. This…

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      In the Nation’s Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health Care Workforce

      Committee on Institutional and Policy-Level Strategies for Increasing the Diversity of the U.S. Healthcare Workforce,National Academy of Sciences

      The United States is transforming into a racially and ethnically diverse nation in the world. This book considers the benefits of racial and ethnic diversity, and identifies institutional and policy-level…

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      Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Arsenic, Boron, Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silicon, Vanadium and Zinc

      Panel on Micronutrients,Subcommittees on Upper Reference Levels of Nutrients and of Interpretation and Use of Dietary Reference Intakes,The Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes,Food and Nutrition Board,National Academy of Sciences

      Part of a series that provides recommended intakes, such as Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs), for use in planning nutritionally adequate diets for individuals based on age and gender. This volume…

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      The Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory’s Thyroid Function Study: A Radiological Risk and Ethical Analysis

      Committee on the Evaluation of 1950s Air Force Human Health Testing in Alaska Using Radioactive Iodine-131,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Commission on Life Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In 1956 and 1957, the US Air Force’s former Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory conducted a study of the role of the thyroid in human acclimatization to cold. This book evaluates the…

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