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      Priorities for the National Vaccine Plan

      Committee on Review of Priorities in the National Vaccine Plan,Institute of Medicine

      Vaccination is a fundamental component of preventive medicine and public health. The use of vaccines to prevent infectious diseases has resulted in dramatic decreases in disease, disability, and death in…

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      For the Public’s Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability

      Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health,Institute of Medicine

      Despite having the costliest medical care delivery system in the world, Americans are not particularly healthy. Recent international comparisons show that life expectancy in the U.S. ranks 49th among all…

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      High and Rising Mortality Rates Among Working-Age Adults

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Committee on Population,Committee on Rising Midlife Mortality Rates and Socioeconomic Disparities

      The past century has witnessed remarkable advances in life expectancy in the United States and throughout the world. In 2010, however, progress in life expectancy in the United States began…

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      Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines trends in mortality rates and selected causes of disability (cardiovascular disease, dementia) for older people of different racial and ethnic groups. This volume provides an understanding of research bearing…

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      Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior: Report of a Meeting

      Committee on Population,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      The design of welfare programs in an era of reform and devolution to the states must take into account the likely effects of programs on demographic behavior. This book of…

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      The Demography of Forced Migration: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      To explore a range of issues about internally displaced persons and refugees, the Committee on Population of the National Research Council organized a Workshop on the Demography of Forced Migration…

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      Demography of Aging

      Committee on Population,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Draws together art work from the field of the demography of aging. The nine chapters highlight data sources and research approaches, results, and proposed strategies on a topic with major…

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      Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries

      Panel on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries,National Research Council

      Highlights the persistent disadvantages for young women relative to young men, the special needs of the poor, and youth living in sub-Saharan Africa, in the context of the transition to…

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      U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health

      Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries,Committee on Population,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

      The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved…

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      Sodium Intake in Populations: Assessment of Evidence

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on the Consequences of Sodium Reduction in Populations

      States that there is no consistent evidence between sodium intake and either a beneficial or adverse effect on direct health outcomes other than some CVD outcomes and all-cause mortality. This…

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      Himalayan Glaciers: Climate Change, Water Resources, and Water Security

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board

      Scientific evidence shows that most glaciers in South Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalayan region are retreating, but the consequences for the region’s water supply are unclear, this report finds. The Hindu…

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      Review of the Department of Labor’s Site Exposure Matrix Database

      Institute of Medicine,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Committee on the Review of the Department of Labor's Site Exposure Matrix (SEM) Database

      Beginning with the development of the atomic bomb during World War II, the United States continued to build nuclear weapons throughout the Cold War. Thousands of people mined and milled…

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      Pesticide Resistance: Strategies and Tactics for Management

      National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Committee on Strategies for the Management of Pesticide Resistant Pest Populations,National Academy of Sciences

      Based on a symposium sponsored by the Board on Agriculture, this comprehensive book explores the problem of pesticide resistance. It also suggests different approaches to monitor, control, or prevent resistance…

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      Antivirals for Pandemic Influenza: Guidance on Developing a Distribution and Dispensing Program

      Committee on Implementation of Antiviral Medication Strategies for an Influenza Pandemic,Institute of Medicine

      Calls for a national and public process of creating an ethical framework for antiviral use within the context of uncertainty and scarcity. This report identifies the lack of a science-based…

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      Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure

      Committee on Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure,Institute of Medicine

      Over 3 million U.S. military personnel were sent to Southeast Asia to fight in the Vietnam War. Since the end of the Vietnam War, veterans have reported numerous health effects…

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      Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020: Letter Report

      Committee on Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020,Institute of Medicine

      For the past three decades, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a national agenda aimed at improving the health of all Americans over each 10-year span…

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      Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects: Making Sense of the Evidence

      Committee on Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Acute Coronary Events,Institute of Medicine

      Data suggest that exposure to secondhand smoke can result in heart disease in nonsmoking adults. Recently, progress has been made in reducing involuntary exposure to secondhand smoke through legislation banning…

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      Relief for the People of France: Report of the Committee Appointed by the Chamber of Commerce of New York, for the Relief of the Suffering Population of France (1872)

      Committee Chamber of Commerce

      This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

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      Strengthening the Scientific Foundation for Policymaking to Meet the Challenges of Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean: Summary of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Steering Committee for the Workshop on Strengthening the Scientific Foundation for Policymaking to Meet the Challenges of Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean

      Recent demographic trends in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region will shape the growth and age composition of its populations for decades to come. The rapid mortality decline that…

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      International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources

      Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries,National Research Council

      In 1950 men and women in the United States had a combined life expectancy of 68.9 years, the 12th highest life expectancy at birth in the world. Today, life expectancy…

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      Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries

      Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries,National Research Council

      Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

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      Population and Development: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Africa of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, August 4, 1994

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      Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan: Assessment of Readjustment Needs of Veterans, Service Members, and Their Families

      Institute of Medicine,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Committee on the Assessment of Readjustment Needs of Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families

      As of December 2012, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in Iraq have resulted in the deployment of about 2.2 million troops; there have been…

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      Summarizing Population Health: Directions for the Development and Application of Population Metrics

      Committee on Summary Measures of Population Health,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

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      Scientific Standards for Studies on Modified Risk Tobacco Products

      Committee on Scientific Standards for Studies on Modified Risk Tobacco Products,Institute of Medicine

      Smoking-related diseases kill more Americans than alcohol, illegal drugs, murder and suicide combined. The passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 gave the FDA authority…

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      Toward Quality Measures for Population Health and the Leading Health Indicators

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Quality Measures for the Healthy People Leading Health Indicators

      Addresses data reporting and analytical capacities that must be available to capture the measures and for demonstrating the value of the measures to improving population health. This book provides recommendations…

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      Wolves, Bears and Their Prey in Alaska: Biological and Social Challenges in Wild Life Management

      National Research Council

      This text asssess Alaskan wolf and bear management programmes from scientific and economic perspectives. Relevant factors that should be taken into account when evaluating the utility of such programmes are…

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      Asbestos: Selected Cancers

      Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects,National Academy of Sciences

      The Senate Committee on the Judiciary directed the Institute of Medicine to assemble the Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects. This book presents the committee’s comprehensive distillation of the scientific…

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      Speaking of Health: Assessing Health Communication Strategies for Diverse Populations

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health,Committee on Communication for Behavior Change in the 21st Century: Improving the Health of Diverse Populations

      Using case studies in the areas of diabetes, mammography, and mass communication campaigns, this title examines the ways in which messages must be adapted to the informational needs of their…

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      Provision of Mental Health Counseling Services Under TRICARE

      Committee on the Qualifications of Professionals Providing Mental Health Counseling Services under TRICARE,Board on the Health of Select Populations

      In this book, the IOM makes recommendations for permitting independent practice for mental health counselors treating patients within TRICARE–the DOD’s health care benefits program. This would change current policy, which…

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      A Nationwide Framework for Surveillance of Cardiovascular and Chronic Lung Diseases

      Committee on a National Surveillance System for Cardiovascular and Select Chronic Diseases,Institute of Medicine

      Chronic diseases are common and costly, yet they are also among the most preventable health problems. Comprehensive and accurate disease surveillance systems are needed to implement successful efforts which will…

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      Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan

      Committee on the Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan,Institute of Medicine

      Many veterans returning from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have health problems they believe are related to their exposure to the smoke from the burning of waste in open-air…

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      The Air Force Health Study Assets Research Program

      Institute of Medicine,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Committee on the Management of the Air Force Health Study Data and Specimens--Report to Congress

      The Air Force Health Study (AFHS) is a longitudinal, prospective epidemiologic study of more than 2,700 men followed for approximately 20 years. This cohort participated in up to six intensive…

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      Initial Steps in Rebuilding the Health Sector in East Timor

      Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,National Research Council,Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health,Columbia University,National Academy of Sciences

      In May 2002 Timor Leste (East Timor) emerged as a new nation after centuries of foreign rule and decades of struggle for independence. Its birth was a painful one; a…

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      Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World

      Committee on Population

      Assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women’s education, fertility preferences, and fertility in developing countries, and how these associations vary across regions. This book discusses the…

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      Report to the Committee of the City Council Appointed to Obtain the Census of Boston for the Year 1845, Embracing Collateral Facts and Statical Researches, Illustrating the History and Condition of the Population, and Their Means of Progress.

      Lemuel Shattuck

      Title: Report to the Committee of the City Council appointed to obtain the census of Boston for the year 1845, embracing collateral facts and statical researches, illustrating the history and…

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      Report to the Committee of the City Council Appointed to Obtain the Census of Boston for the Year 1845: Embracing Collateral Facts and Statistical Researches, Illustrating the History and Condition of the Population, and Their Means of Progress and

      Lemuel Shattuck

      This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…

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      Improving Health Care Cost Projections for the Medicare Population: Summary of a Workshop

      Steering Committee on Improving Health Care Cost Projections for the Medicare Population,National Research Council

      Developing credible short-term and long-term projections of Medicare health care costs is critical for public- and private-sector policy planning, but faces challenges and uncertainties. There is uncertainty not only in…

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      Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium

      Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium,Institute of Medicine

      A large number of returning veterans from the 1991 Persian Gulf War reported health problems that they believed to be associated with their service in the gulf. This book concludes…

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      Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2012

      Institute of Medicine,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Ninth Biennial Update)

      Reviews peer-reviewed scientific reports concerning associations between health outcomes and exposure to TCDD and other chemicals in the herbicides used in Vietnam that were published in October 2010 - September…

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      Capturing Social and Behavioral Domains in Electronic Health Records

      Committee on the Recommended Social and Behavioral Domains and Measures for Electronic Health Records,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Institute of Medicine

      Substantial empirical evidence of the contribution of social and behavioral factors to functional status and the onset and progression of disease has accumulated over the past few decades. Electronic health…

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      Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health

      Committee on the Effect of Climate Change on Indoor Air Quality and Public Health,Institute of Medicine

      The indoor environment affects occupants’ health and comfort. Poor environmental conditions and indoor contaminants are estimated to cost the U.S. economy tens of billions of dollars a year in exacerbation…

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      Critical Needs and Gaps in Understanding Prevention, Amelioration, and Resolution of Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases: The Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes: Workshop Report

      Committee on Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Diseases: The State of the Science,Institute of Medicine

      A single tick bite can have debilitating consequences. Lyme disease is the most common disease carried by ticks in the United States, and the number of those afflicted is growing…

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      Capturing Social and Behavioral Domains and Measures in Electronic Health Records

      Committee on the Recommended Social and Behavioral Domains and Measures for Electronic Health Records,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Institute of Medicine

      Determinants of health - like physical activity levels and living conditions - have traditionally been the concern of public health and have not been linked closely to clinical practice. However…

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      Review of VA Clinical Guidance for the Health Conditions Identified by the Camp Lejeune Legislation

      Institute of Medicine,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Committee on the Review of Clinical Guidance for the Care of Health Conditions Identified by the Camp Lejeune Legislation

      U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, located in eastern North Carolina, is a large installation that covers 156,000 acres and is home at any given time to a population of…

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      Disposition of the Air Force Health Study

      Committee on the Disposition of the Air Force Health Study,National Academy of Sciences

      The Vietnam War was fought in a jungle environment that provided cover to the enemy and made battlefield observations difficult, so military strategists used herbicides to remove foliage along key…

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      Epidemiologic Studies of Veterans Exposed to Depleted Uranium: Feasibility and Design Issues

      Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium,Institute of Medicine

      Military personnel in the US have been exposed to depleted uranium as the result of friendly fire incidents, cleanup and salvage operations, and proximity to burning depleted uranium-containing tanks and…

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      Medical Devices and the Public’s Health: The FDA 510(k) Clearance Process at 35 Years

      Committee on the Public Health Effectiveness of the FDA 510(k) Clearance Process,Institute of Medicine

      Medical devices that are deemed to have a moderate risk to patients generally cannot go on the market until they are cleared through the FDA 510(k) process. In recent years…

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