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      Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment

      Committee on Health Impact Assessment,National Research Council

      Factoring health and related costs into decision making is essential to confronting the nation’s health problems and enhancing public well-being. Some policies and programs historically not recognized as relating to…

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      Phthalates and Cumulative Risk Assessment: The Task Ahead

      Committee on the Health Risks of Phthalates,National Research Council

      People are exposed to a variety of chemicals throughout their daily lives. To protect public health, regulators use risk assessments to examine the effects of chemical exposures. This book provides…

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      Poultry Inspection: The Basis for a Risk-Assessment Approach

      Committee on Public Health Risk Assessment of Poultry Inspection Programs,Food and Nutrition Board,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Takes a look at inspection procedures to determine how effective the Food Safety Inspection Service is in finding dangerous levels of contaminants and disease-producing micro-organisms. This book describes the history…

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      Drinking Water and Health

      Safe Drinking Water Committee,National Research Council

      Providing an overview of DNA adducts and their effects on health, this title explores the techniques in use for detecting them and offers an outlook on toxicity testing. It also…

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      The National Science Foundation’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center’s Program: Looking Back, Moving Forward

      MRSEC Impact Assessment Committee,Solid State Sciences Committee,National Research Council

      The Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) Impact Assessment Committee was convened by the National Research Council in response to an informal request from the National Science Foundation. Charged…

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      Formaldehyde - An Assessment of Its Health Effects

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards,Committee on Toxicology

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      Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the Process Working Papers

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on the Institutional Means for Assessment of Risks to Public Health,National Academy of Sciences

      The regulation of potentially hazardous substances has become a controversial issue. This volume evaluates past efforts to develop and use risk assessment guidelines, reviews the experience of regulatory agencies with…

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      Assessment of the Possible Health Effects of Ground Wave Emergency Network

      Committee on Assessment of the Possible Health Effects of Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN),Board on Radiation Effects Research,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Written at the request of the US Air Force and Congress, this book evaluates the potential health effects associated with deployment of the Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN). It also…

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      Drinking Water and Health

      Subcommittee on Pharmacokinetics in Risk Assessment,Safe Drinking Water Committee,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,National Research Council

      Presents a collection of papers authored by experts in academia, industry, and government. This book reviews the progress of the risk-assessment process and discusses the role of pharmacokinetic principles in…

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      Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean

      Committee on the Development of an Integrated Science Strategy for Ocean Acidification Monitoring, Research, and Impacts Assessment,National Research Council

      The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions. This benefits human society by moderating the rate of climate change, but also causes unprecedented changes to…

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      An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program at the National Institutes of Health

      Committee for Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program,National Research Council

      The SBIR program allocates 2.5 percent of 11 federal agencies’ extramural R&D budgets to fund R&D projects by small businesses, providing approximately $2 billion annually in competitive awards. At the…

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      New Directions in Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation Assessment: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council

      The effects of climate change will touch every corner of the world’s economies and societies. This book summarizes a National Research Council workshop at which presentations and discussion identified specific…

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      Influence of Pregnancy Weight on Maternal and Child Health: Workshop Report

      Committee on the Impact of Pregnancy Weight on Maternal and Child Health,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Influence of Pregnancy Weight on Maternal and Child Health: Workshop Report summarizes a one and a half day workshop convened in May 2006 that reviewed U.S. trends in maternal weight…

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      Review and Assessment of the Health and Productivity Benefits of Green Schools: An Interim Report

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,Committee to Review and Assess the Health and Productivity Benefits of Green Schools,National Academy of Sciences

      Some educational professionals have suggested that so-called green schools would result in superior performance and increased health for students and teachers. This book presents an evaluation of evidence for relationships…

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      Impact of Revised Airborne Exposure Limits on Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Program Activities

      Committee on Review and Assessment of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Demilitarization Program: Workplace Monitoring,Board on Army Science and Technology,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      To assist in meeting the recommended limits, the US Army asked the NRC for a review of its implementation plans for destruction of production facilities at the Newport Chemical Depot…

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      Fertility of Malian Tamasheq Repatriated Refugees: The Impact of Forced Migration

      Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University,National Research Council,Committee on Population,Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,Sara Randall

      In Africa many of the refugee flows in have had a strong ethnic dimension; interethnic conflict or conflict between politically powerful groups with minority populations. This report focuses on the…

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      An Assessment of Potential Health Effects from Exposure to PAVE PAWS Low-Level Phased-Array Radiofrequency Energy

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radiation Effects Research,Committee to Assess Potential Health Effects from Exposures to PAVE PAWS Low-Level Phased-Array Radiofrequency Energy,National Academy of Sciences

      PAVE PAWS is a phased-array warning system designed to detect and track sea-launched and intercontinental ballistic missiles operated on Cape Cod since 1979 by the U.S. Air Force Space Command…

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      International Animal Research Regulations: Impact on Neuroscience Research: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute for Laboratory Animal Research,Policy and Global Affairs

      Animals are widely used in neuroscience research to explore biological mechanisms of nervous system function, to identify the genetic basis of disease states, and to provide models of human disorders…

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      Strategic Approach to the Evaluation of Programs Implemented Under the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008

      Evaluation of Programs Implemented Under the U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

      At the request of Congress, the Institute of Medicine will evaluate U.S. global programs to address HIV/AIDS. This book outlines the IOM’s strategic approach for this evaluation. –resource home page.

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