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      The Health of Former Prisoners of War: Results from the Medical Examination Survey of Former P.O.W.s of World War II and the Korean Conflict

      William Frank Page,Medical Follow-Up Agency,Institute of Medicine

      Using the results from comprehensive medical examinations, this volume explores the prevalence of disease among former prisoners of war of World War II and the Korean conflict, and the relationship…

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      Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War: Recommendations for Research and Information Systems

      Committee to Review the Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War,Medical Follow-Up Agency,Institute of Medicine

      In January 1995, the Institute of Medicine released a report containing findings and recommendations on the federal government’s response to reports by some veterans and their families that they were…

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      Epidemiology in Military and Veteran Populations: Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference, March 7, 1990

      Medical Follow-Up Agency,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Contains papers presented at a conference, which describe studies of a World War II hepatitis epidemic, a genetic analysis of substance use in veteran twins, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome…

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      Battling Malaria: Strengthening the U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program

      Institute of Medicine,Medical Follow-Up Agency,Myron M. Levine

      The Department of Defense (DoD), through the commanding general of the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) conduct a programmatic review…

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      Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces

      Medical Follow-Up Agency, Institute of Medicine

      Nine years after Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm (the Gulf War) ended in June 1991, uncertainty and questions remain about illnesses reported in a substantial percentage of the 697,000…

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      An Assessment of the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy Research Program

      Committee to Review the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy Research Program,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      In 1998, the Department of Defense (DoD) began a program of mandatory immunization against anthrax for all military personnel. As the program proceeded, however, some military personnel and their families…

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      Advancing Prion Science: Guidance for the National Prion Research Program, Interim Report

      Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: Assessment of Relevant Science,Medical Follow-Up Agency,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), also called prion diseases, are invariably fatal neurodegenerative infectious diseases that include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (commonly called mad cow disease), chronic wasting disease, scrapie, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob…

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      Advancing Prion Science: Guidance for the National Prion Research Program

      Committee on Transmissable Spongiform Encephalopathies: Assessment of Relevant Science,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents the priorities recommended by the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Assessment of Relevant Science for research and investment. This book also provides reference on Transmissible spongiform…

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      The Five Series Study: Mortality of Military Participants in U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests

      Committee to Study the Mortality of Military Personnel Present at Atmospheric Tests of Nuclear Weapons,Harriet Crawford,Susan Thaul,William F. Page,Institute of Medicine

      More than 200,000 U.S. military personnel participated in atmospheric nuclear weapons tests between 1945 and the 1963 Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Questions persist, such as whether that test participation…

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      The Anthrax Vaccine: Is it Safe? Does it Work?

      Committee to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine

      The vaccine used to protect humans against the anthrax disease, called Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA), was licensed in 1970. Congress directed the Department of Defense to support an independent examination…

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      Perspectives on the Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System: A Program Review

      Institute of Medicine,Medical Follow-Up Agency,Committee to Review the Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System

      Describes the capacity, quality, and effectiveness of the international and domestic facilities and programs to monitor and address infectious diseases. This work concludes that the goals of the system are…

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      Strategies to Leverage Research Funding: Guiding DOD’s Peer Reviewed Medical Research Programs

      Committee on Alternative Funding Strategies for DOD's Peer Reviewed Medical Research Programs,National Academy of Sciences

      The Department of Defense (DOD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs were instituted through line item appropriations by the US Congress to fund peer-reviewed research into various cancers, neurofibromatosis, tuberous sclerosis…

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      Protecting Our Forces: Improving Vaccine Acquisition and Availability in the U.S.Military

      Committee on a Strategy for Minimizing the Impact of Naturally Occurring Infectious Diseases of Military Importance: Vaccine Issues in the U.S. Military

      Infectious diseases continue to pose a substantial threat to the operational capacity of military forces. Protecting Our Forces reviews the process by which the U.S. military acquires vaccines to protect…

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      Long-Term Health Effects of Participation in Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense)

      William F. Page,Heather A. Young,Harriet M. Crawford,Advisory Panel for the Study of Long-Term Health Effects of Participation in Project SHAD,National Academy of Sciences

      This Institute of Medicine report examines the long-term health effects of participation in Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense), which involved some 5,800 US Navy and Marine personnel participating, often…

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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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      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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      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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