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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 Project SHAD, 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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Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Associated with Military Service from World War II to the Present, Jane S. Durch, Lois M. Joellenbeck, Larry E. Humes
The Institute of Medicine carried out a study mandated by Congress and sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide an assessment of several issues related to noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus associated with service in the Armed
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Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-Up Agency, Committee on U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Research: A Program Review, Myron M. Levine, Patricia M. Graves
Malaria is an infectious disease common to several parts of the world, including Africa, northern South America, and Asia. During their service in the military, U.S. active members may be sent to any part of the world, including parts of the world wh
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National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Board on Life Sciences, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee on Accelerating the Research, Development, and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Ag, Leslie Z. Benet, Jane S. Durch, Lois M. Joellenbeck
In recent years, 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. According to a new congression
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Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: Assessment of Relevant Science, Laura B. Sivitz, Rick Erdtmann
In Advancing Prion Science, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Assessment of Relevant Science recommends priorities for research and investment to the Department of Defense's National Prion Research Pro
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Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: Assessment of Relevant Science, Laura Sivitz, Rick Erdtmann
In Advancing Prion Science, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Assessment of Relevant Science recommends priorities for research and investment to the Department of Defense's National Prion Research Pro
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Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine, Brian L. Strom, Jane S. Durch, Lee L. Zwanziger, Lois M. Joellenbeck
The vaccine used to protect humans against the anthrax disease, called Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA), was licensed in 1970. It was initially used to protect people who might be exposed to anthrax where they worked, such as veterinarians and textile
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Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-Up Agency, Committee to Review the Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, Richard N. Miller, Heather C. O'Maonaigh, Philip S. Brachman
Perspectives on the Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System: A Program Review describes the capacity, quality, and effectiveness of the international and domestic facilities and programs that are a part of a
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Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee to Study the Mortality of Military Personnel Present at Atmospheric Tests of Nuclear Weapons, Heather O'Maonaigh, Harriet Crawford, William F. Page, Susan Thaul
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 is associated with the timing and causes
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 between that prevalence and their decades-earlier tre