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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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      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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      Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2014

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Tenth Biennial Update)

      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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      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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      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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      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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      Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2008

      Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides,Institute of Medicine

      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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      Future Uses of the Department of Defense Joint Pathology Center Biorepository

      Institute of Medicine,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Committee on the Review of the Appropriate Use of AFIP's Tissue Repository Following Its Transfer to the Joint Pathology Center

      Founded during the Civil War as the Army Medical Museum, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) amassed the world’s largest collection of human pathologic specimens and was considered a…

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      Post-Vietnam Dioxin Exposure in Agent Orange-Contaminated C-123 Aircraft

      Institute of Medicine,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Committee to Evaluate the Potential Exposure to Agent Orange/TCDD Residue and Level of Risk of Adverse Health Effects for Aircrew of Post-Vietnam C-123 Aircraft

      From 1972 to 1982, approximately 1,500-2,100 US Air Force Reserve personnel trained and worked on C-123 aircraft that had formerly been used to spray herbicides in Vietnam as part of…

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      Traumatic Injury Research at NIOSH

      Committee to Review the NIOSH Traumatic Injury Research Program,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

      The occurrences of both injury and death that take place on the job are a significant public health problem in the United States, causing a substantial human and economic burden…

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      Informing Social Security’s Process for Financial Capability Determination

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Committee to Evaluate the Social Security Administration's Capability Determination Process for Adult Beneficiaries

      The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides benefits to disabled adults and children, offering vital financial support to more than 19 million disabled Americans. Of that group, approximately 5.5 million…

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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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      Mental Disorders and Disabilities Among Low-Income Children

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Committee to Evaluate the Supplemental Security Income Disability Program for Children with Mental Disorders

      Children living in poverty are more likely to have mental health problems, and their conditions are more likely to be severe. Of the approximately 1.3 million children who were recipients…

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      Research Priorities for Assessing Health Effects from the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: A Letter Report

      Committee to Review the Federal Response to the Health Effects Associated with the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill,Institute of Medicine

      It is as yet uncertain how the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will affect the health of clean-up workers and volunteers, residents, and visitors in the Gulf. The IOM recommends…

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      Initial Guidance for an Update of the National Vaccine Plan: A Letter Report to the National Vaccine Program Office

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

      The Committee on the Review of Priorities in the National Vaccine Plan reviewed the goals, objectives, strategies, and anticipated outcomes presented in the 1994 National Vaccine Plan. This book presents…

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      Review of the Draft Interagency Report on the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

      The U.S. National Climate Assessment identified a number of ways in which climate change is affecting, and is likely to affect, people, infrastructure, natural resources, and ecosystems. Those impacts, in…

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      The National Children’s Study Research Plan: A Review

      Panel to Review the National Children's Study Research Plan,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      The National Children’s Study (NCS) is planned to be the largest long-term study of environmental and genetic effects on children’s health ever conducted in the United States. This book evaluates…

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      Monitoring HIV Care in the United States: Indicators and Data Systems

      Committee on Review Data Systems for Monitoring HIV Care,Institute of Medicine

      The number of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the United States is growing each year largely due both to advances in treatment that allow HIV-infected individuals to live longer…

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      Review of the Proposal for the Gulf Long-Term Follow-Up Study: Highlights from the September 2010 Workshop: Workshop Report

      Committee to Review the Federal Response to the Health Effects Associated with the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill,Institute of Medicine

      The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is unprecedented not only in its size but also in the use of chemical dispersants and controlled burns to remove the oil. The National…

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      Monitoring HIV Care in the United States: A Strategy for Generating National Estimates of HIV Care and Coverage

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee to Review Data Systems for Monitoring HIV Care

      In September 2010, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy commissioned an Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee to respond to a two-part statement of task concerning how to monitor…

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