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National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Ocean Studies Board, Committee on the Review of Sea-Turtle Population Assessment Methods
All six species of sea turtles found in U.S. waters are listed as endangered or threatened, but the exact population sizes of these species are unknown due to a lack of key information regarding birth and survival rates. The U.S. Endangered Species A
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Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services, Committee on Cancer Clinical Trials and the NCI Cooperative Group Program, John Mendelsohn, Harold L. Moses, Sharyl J. Nass
The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Program has played a key role in developing new and improved cancer therapies. However, the program is falling short of its potential, and the IOM recommends changes that aim to
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National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, Committee on Reducing Stormwater Discharge Contributions to Water Pollution
The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the nation's rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These changes have
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Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium
The 1991 Persian Gulf War was considered a brief and successful military operation with few injuries and deaths. A large number of returning veterans, however, soon began reporting health problems that they believed to be associated with their servic
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Institute of Medicine, Board on Military and Veterans Health, Medical Follow-Up Agency, Advisory Panel for the Study of Long-Term Health Effects of Participation in, Harriet M. Crawford, Heather A. Young, William F. Page
More than 5,800 military personnel, mostly Navy personnel and Marines, participated in a series of tests of U.S. warship vulnerability to biological and chemical warfare agents, Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense), in the period 1962-1973. On
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National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Panel on Benchmarking the Research Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering is critical to the design, manufacture, and operation of small and large mechanical systems throughout the U.S. economy. This book highlights the main findings of a benchmarking exercise to rate the standing of U.S. mechanical
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (the WIC program) has promoted the health of low-income families for more than 30 years by providing nutrition education, supplemental food, and other valuable services. The
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National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Committee on Fluoride in Drinking Water
Most people associate fluoride with the practice of intentionally adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies for the prevention of tooth decay. However, fluoride can also enter public water systems from natural sources, including runoff from t
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National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Committee on Changes in New Source Review Programs for Stationary Sources of Air Pollutants
The Clean Air Act established a pair of programs?known as New Source Review (NSR)?that regulate large stationary sources of air pollution, such as factories and electricity-generating facilities. Congress then asked the National Research Council to e
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Institute of Medicine, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Food Marketing and the Diets of Children and Youth, Vivica I. Kraak, Jennifer Appleton Gootman, J. Michael McGinnis
Creating an environment in which children in the United States grow up healthy should be a high priority for the nation. Yet the prevailing pattern of food and beverage marketing to children in America represents, at best, a missed opportunity, and a