Scientific criteria to ensure s ...
1. Historical perspective on the use of food safety criteria and performance standards -- 2. The science of public health surveillance -- 3. Food sa ...
Air quality management in the U ...
Executive Summary 3 Summary 8 1 INTRODUCTION 23 Air Pollution Science, 24 Air Pollution Impacts, 28 Air Quality Management in the United States, ...
Making the nation safe from fir ...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1 INTRODUCTION 7 Background, 7 Involvement of the National Research Council, 8 Statement of Task, 8 Organization of the Works ...
The language of life : how cell ...
Contents: Small talk -- Build it and they will talk -- Plaiting the net -- Life in the balance -- "The scenario-buffered building" -- The virtual ...
Review of EPA homeland security ...
Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 ASSESSMENT 5 3 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 19 REFERENCES 23 APPENDIXES A STATEMENT OF TASK 25 ...
Dietary reference intakes : gui ...
1 INTRODUCTION13 Committee Charge and Study Process, 15 Report Organization, 17 2 OVERVIEW OF NUTRITION LABELING IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 1 ...
Infant formula : evaluating the ...
Contents: Introduction and background -- Defining safety and infants -- Comparing infant formulas with human milk -- Strengthening the current pro ...
Health risks from exposure to l ...
Background Information -- Molecular and Cellullar Response to Ionizing Radiation -- Radiation-Induced Cancer: Mechanisms, Quantitative Experimental ...
Adaptive management for water r ...
Executive Summary..........................................................1 1 REPORT PURPOSE AND SCOPE.............................12 Introduction. ...
Preventing childhood obesity : ...
Extent and consequences of childhood obesity -- Developing an action plan -- A national public health priority -- Industry, advertising, media, and ...
Research priorities for airborn ...
Contents SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . ...
Safety of genetically engineere ...
1. Introduction -- 2. Methods and Mechanisms for Genetic Manipulation of Plants -- 3. Unintended Effects from Breeding -- 4. New Approaches for Ide ...
The great brain debate : nature ...
Building a brain -- Maturing a brain -- Developing behaviors -- Teaching older dogs new tricks -- Controversies: new neurons and genes and behavio ...
Valuing ecosystem services
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.................................................................................. 1 1 INTRODUCTION................................. ...
Urbanization, energy, and air p ...
Introduction 1 Jack J. Fritz EMERGING AIR POLLUTION TRENDS IN CHINA Motor Vehicle Pollution and Fuel Consumption in China 11 Michael P. Walsh Cle ...
Communicating toxicogenomics in ...
ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SUMMARY OF THE WORKSHOP . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Impact of revised airborne expo ...
1 INTRODUCTION9 Announcement of New Airborne Exposure Limits, 9 The Chemical Weapons Convention, 10 The Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Disposal Pr ...
Noise and military service : im ...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1 OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM AND INTRODUCTION -- Charge to the Committee -- Acoustics and Noise -- The Measurement of Hearing an ...
Going the distance : the safe t ...
Contents SUMMARY 1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 7 1 INTRODUCTION 25 1.1 Study Process, 27 1.2 Strategy for Addressing the Study Charge ...
Out of thin air : dinosaurs, bi ...
Respiration and the Body Plans of Animal Life -- Oxygen Through Time -- Evolving Respiratory Systems as a Cause of the Cambrian Explosion -- The Or ...
Sleep disorders and sleep depri ...
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of S ...
Fluoride in drinking water : a ...
Introduction -- Measures of exposure to fluoride in the United States -- Pharmacokinetics of fluoride -- Effects of fluoride on teeth -- Musculosk ...
Asbestos : selected cancers
SUMMARY 1 1 Introduction 13 Statement of Charge, 13 Current Legislation, 13 Overview of Patterns of Asbestos Use and Recognition of Its Health Co ...
Genes, behavior, and the social ...
Introduction -- The Impact of Social and Cultural Environment on Health -- Genetics and Health -- Genetic, Environmental, and Personality Determina ...