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      Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposures

      Committee on the Assessment of Asthma and Indoor Air,Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Institute of Medicine

      Examines how indoor pollutants contribute to asthma - its causation, prevalence, triggering, and severity. This book discusses asthma among the general population and in sensitive subpopulations including children, low-income individuals…

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      Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam: Interim Findings and Recommendations

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee on the Assessment of Wartime Exposure to Herbicides in Vietnam

      From 1962 to 1971, US military forces sprayed more than 19 million gallons of herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that helped conceal opposition forces, to destroy…

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      The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21st Century

      Committee on Assuring the Health of the Public in the 21st Century,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nation’s health in practice, research, and policy. This book discusses the need for a shift…

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      Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century

      The workshop on Educating Public Health Professionals was held May 22, 2003 and over 100 representatives attended. This report includes the workshop presentations, recommendations, workshop agendas, and more.

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      Medicolegal Death Investigation System: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee for the Workshop on the Medicolegal Death Investigation System,National Academy of Sciences

      The US Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of The National Academies to conduct a workshop that would examine the interface of…

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      Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States

      Committee on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public,National Academy of Sciences

      Integration of complementary and alternative medicine therapies (CAM) with conventional medicine is occurring in hospitals and physicians offices, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are covering CAM therapies, insurance coverage for CAM…

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      Public Financing and Delivery of HIV/AIDS Care: Securing the Legacy of Ryan White

      Committee on the Public Financing and Delivery of HIV Care,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the standard of care for HIV patients and assesses the extent the system used for financing and delivering care allows individuals with HIV to receive it. This book recommends…

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      Implications of Genomics for Public Health: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee on Genomics and the Public's Health in the 21st Century,National Academy of Sciences

      Genomics is the study of the entire human genome. Genomics explores not only the actions of single genes, but also the interactions of multiple genes with each other and with…

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      Vaccine Safety Research, Data Access, and Public Trust

      Committee on the Review of the National Immunization Program's Research Procedures and Data Sharing Program,National Academy of Sciences

      The Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) is a large, linked database of patient information that was developed jointly by CDC and private managed care organizations in 1991. This work reviews aspects…

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      Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?: Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century

      Institute of Medicine,Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century

      Offers an overview of the public health education, assessing its readiness to provide the training and education needed to prepare men and women to face 21st century challenges. This work…

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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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      Clearing the Smoke: Assessing the Science Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction

      Committee to Assess the Science Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction

      Despite overwhelming evidence of tobacco’s harmful effects and pressure from anti-smoking advocates, surveys show that about one-quarter of various adults in the United States are smokers. This book addresses the…

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      The Smallpox Vaccination Program: Public Health in an Age of Terrorism

      Committee on Smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation

      The Smallpox Vaccination Programme: Public Health in an Age of Terrorism

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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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      Veterans and Agent Orange

      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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      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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