Author: Psychologic, and Psychosocial Effects of Deploymen
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: effects, deployment, related, stress, psychosocial, psychologic, war, health, volume, physiologic, gulf
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2008-02-28
List price: $71.75
ISBN-10: 0309101778
ISBN-13: 9780309101776
Book DescriptionThe sixth in a series of congressionally mandated reports on Gulf War veterans’ health, this volume evaluates the health effects associated with stress. Since the launch of Operation Desert Storm in 1991, there has been growing concern about the physical and psychological health of Gulf War and other veterans. In the late 1990s, Congress responded by asking the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review and evaluate the scientific and medical literature regarding associations between illness and exposure to toxic agents, environmental or wartime hazards, and preventive
Author: Committee on the Possible Effects of Electromagnet
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: electric, magnetic, fields, residential, exposure, health, effects, possible
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1997-03-07
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0309054478
ISBN-13: 9780309054478
Can the electric and magnetic fields (EMF) to which people are routinely exposed cause health effects? This volume assesses the data and draws conclusions about the consequences of human exposure to EMF. The committee examines what is known about three kinds of health effects associated with EMF: cancer, primarily childhood leukemia; reproduction and development; and neurobiological effects. This book provides a detailed discussion of hazard identification, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization for each. "Possible Health Effects of Exposure to Residential Ele
Author: Fates, and Effects Committee on Oil in the Sea: In
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: fates, effects, inputs, iii, sea, oil
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2003-02-14
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 0309084385
ISBN-13: 9780309084383
This report provides a best available estimate of oil pollutant discharge into marine waters. Text includes an evaluation of the methods used to assess petroleum load and discusses the concerns presented. A first report was published in 1975 as ’Petroleum in the Marine Environment.’ A second report was published in 1985 under its current title; this volume represents a third report.
Author: Committee on Health Effects Associated with Exposu
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: pyridostigmine, bromide, sarin, vaccines, uranium, depleted, war, health, volume, gulf
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2000-12-15
List price: $52.00
ISBN-10: 030907178X
ISBN-13: 9780309071789
Report proposes improved troop monitoring and better medical record-keeping practices in future military conflicts. Calls upon the military to collect routinely the epidemiological evidence required to understand illnesses that occur in the wake of war. Includes a new table of contents as an errata insert. Softcover.
Author: Committee on the Toxicological Effects of Methylme
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: methylmercury, effects, toxicological
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 2000-01-15
List price: $57.00
ISBN-10: 0309071402
ISBN-13: 9780309071406
A report of the Committee on the Toxicological Effects of Methylmercury on the incidence of methylmercury poisoning and its effects of human beings, including fetal studies and studies on pregnant females. Softcover.
Author: Committee to Assess Potential Health Effects from
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: phased, level, array, radiofrequency, energy, low, paws, health, potential, effects, exposure, pave, assessment
Number of Pages: 214
Published: 2005-06-15
List price: $47.00
ISBN-10: 0309093090
ISBN-13: 9780309093095
Author: Committee on Health Effects of Waste Incineration
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: health, public, amp, incineration, waste
Number of Pages: 335
Published: 2000-09-15
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 030906371X
ISBN-13: 9780309063715
(National Research Council) Report includes: scope of the committee’s effort, waste incineration overview, incineration processes and environmental releases, environmental transport and exposure pathways of substances emitted from incineration facilities, health effects of incineration, regulations, social issues, and uncertainty and variability.
