@BOOK{NAP title = "Effects of Chronic Exposure to Low Levels of Carbon Monoxide on Human Health, Behavior, and Performance", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21061/effects-of-chronic-exposure-to-low-levels-of-carbon-monoxide-on-human-health-behavior-and-performance", year = 1969, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academy of Engineering", title = "Mine Rescue and Survival: Interim Report", abstract = "Mine Rescue and Survival: Interim Report describes a mine rescue and survival system that could be developed from existing technology in about one year. The system could potentially save all coal miners who have died of carbon monoxide poisoning following explosions or fires. The proposed system consists of a survival subsystem using improved emergency breathing devices and refuge chambers, a communications subsystem using seismic or electromagnetic devices to locate and communicate with survivors, and a rescue subsystem of large- and small-hole drilling equipment and rescue teams.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18456/mine-rescue-and-survival-interim-report", year = 1969, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "Andrew M. Pope and David P. Rall", title = "Environmental Medicine: Integrating a Missing Element into Medical Education", isbn = "978-0-309-05140-8", abstract = "People are increasingly concerned about potential environmental health hazards and often ask their physicians questions such as: \"Is the tap water safe to drink?\" \"Is it safe to live near power lines?\" Unfortunately, physicians often lack the information and training related to environmental health risks needed to answer such questions. This book discusses six competency based learning objectives for all medical school students, discusses the relevance of environmental health to specific courses and clerkships, and demonstrates how to integrate environmental health into the curriculum through published case studies, some of which are included in one of the book's three appendices. Also included is a guide on where to obtain additional information for treatment, referral, and follow-up for diseases with possible environmental and\/or occupational origins.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4795/environmental-medicine-integrating-a-missing-element-into-medical-education", year = 1995, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP title = "Hyperbaric oxygenation: potentialities and problems. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Hyperbaric Oxygenation", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26966/hyperbaric-oxygenation-potentialities-and-problems-report-of-the-ad-hoc", year = 1963, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Anna Nicholson and Claire Giammaria and Justin Snair", title = "Exploring the Translation of the Results of Hurricane Sandy Research Grants into Policy and Operations: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief", abstract = "The workshop Translating the Results of Hurricane Sandy Research Grants into Policy and Operations was convened\u2028on July 20, 2017, in Washington, DC, by the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Workshop participants explored key findings from published Hurricane Sandy research grant projects, examined the impact of the scientific findings on disaster policy and operations, and discussed opportunities to translate the research findings to future preparedness response and recovery efforts. The workshop included panel sessions focused on the potential policy and operational implications from research on mental health, public health, access to care, and primary care. An additional \u201cmarketplace\u201d session gave researchers, operations agents, and policy experts an opportunity to discuss particular research findings and how they might be applied to operations and policy. This publication briefly summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24889/exploring-the-translation-of-the-results-of-hurricane-sandy-research-grants-into-policy-and-operations", year = 2017, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 8", isbn = "978-0-309-14515-2", abstract = "This book is the eighth volume in the series Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, and reviews AEGLs for acrolein, carbon monoxide, 1,2-dichloroethene, ethylenimine, fluorine, hydrazine, peracetic acid, propylenimine, and sulfur dioxide for scientific accuracy, completeness, and consistency with the NRC guideline reports.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12770/acute-exposure-guideline-levels-for-selected-airborne-chemicals-volume-8", year = 2010, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", title = "Forging a Poison Prevention and Control System", isbn = "978-0-309-09194-7", abstract = "Poisoning is a far more serious health problem in the U.S. than has generally\nbeen recognized. It is estimated that more than 4 million poisoning episodes\noccur annually, with approximately 300,000 cases leading to hospitalization.\nThe field of poison prevention provides some of the most celebrated examples\nof successful public health interventions, yet surprisingly the current\npoison control \u201csystem\u201d is little more than a loose network of poison control\ncenters, poorly integrated into the larger spheres of public health. To\nincrease their effectiveness, efforts to reduce poisoning need to be linked to\na national agenda for public health promotion and injury prevention.\nForging a Poison Prevention and Control System recommends a future poison\ncontrol system with a strong public health infrastructure, a national system\nof regional poison control centers, federal funding to support core poison\ncontrol activities, and a national poison information system to track\nmajor poisoning epidemics and possible acts of bioterrorism. This framework\nprovides a complete \u201csystem\u201d that could offer the best poison prevention\nand patient care services to meet the needs of the nation in the\n21st century.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10971/forging-a-poison-prevention-and-control-system", year = 2004, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "Lynn Goldman and Christine Coussens", title = "Environmental Public Health Impacts of Disasters: Hurricane Katrina: Workshop Summary", isbn = "978-0-309-10500-2", abstract = "Public health officials have the traditional responsibilities of protecting the food supply, safeguarding against communicable disease, and ensuring safe and healthful conditions for the population. Beyond this, public health today is challenged in a way that it has never been before. Starting with the 9\/11 terrorist attacks, public health officers have had to spend significant amounts of time addressing the threat of terrorism to human health. \n\nHurricane Katrina was an unprecedented disaster for the United States. During the first weeks, the enormity of the event and the sheer response needs for public health became apparent. The tragic loss of human life overshadowed the ongoing social and economic disruption in a region that was already economically depressed. Hurricane Katrina reemphasized to the public and to policy makers the importance of addressing long-term needs after a disaster.\n\nOn October 20, 2005, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop which convened members of the scientific community to highlight the status of the recovery effort, consider the ongoing challenges in the midst of a disaster, and facilitate scientific dialogue about the impacts of Hurricane Katrina on people's health. Environmental Public Health Impacts of Disasters: Hurricane Katrina is the summary of this workshop. This report will inform the public health, first responder, and scientific communities on how the affected community can be helped in both the midterm and the near future. In addition, the report can provide guidance on how to use the information gathered about environmental health during a disaster to prepare for future events.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11840/environmental-public-health-impacts-of-disasters-hurricane-katrina-workshop-summary", year = 2007, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Implementing Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings: Workshop Proceedings: Federal Facilities Council Technical Report #148", isbn = "978-0-309-09561-7", abstract = "Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) is influenced by building design; heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems; and construction materials, as well as by building operations, maintenance, and housekeeping procedures. Increasing evidence suggests that adverse health outcomes in employees, students, hospital patients, and others are linked to the presence of indoor pollutants and other aspects of poor-quality indoor environments. Implementing Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings explores this issue and discusses ongoing research and possible strategies for implementing changes in standards and practices for indoor environmental quality.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11233/implementing-health-protective-features-and-practices-in-buildings-workshop-proceedings", year = 2005, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Review of Submarine Escape Action Levels for Selected Chemicals", isbn = "978-0-309-08294-5", abstract = "On-board fires can occur on submarines after events such as collision or explosion. These fires expose crew members to toxic concentrations of combustion products such as ammonia, carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide. Exposure to these substances at high concentrations may cause toxic effects to the respiratory and central nervous system; leading possible to death. T protect crew members on disabled submarines, scientists at the U.S. Navy Health Research Center's Toxicology Detachment have proposed two exposure levels, called submarine escape action level (SEAL) 1 and SEAL 2, for each substance. SEAL 1 is the maximum concentration of a gas in a disabled submarine below which healthy submariners can be exposed for up to 10 days without encountering irreversible health effects while SEAL 2 the maximum concentration of a gas in below which healthy submariners can be exposed for up to 24 hours without experiencing irreversible health effects. SEAL 1 and SEAL 2 will not impair the functions of the respiratory system and central nervous system to the extent of impairing the ability of crew members in a disabled submarine to escape, be rescued, or perform specific tasks. \n \nHoping to better protect the safety of submariners, the chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery requested that the National Research Council (NRC) review the available toxicologic and epidemiologic data on eight gases that are likely to be produced in a disabled submarine and to evaluate independently the scientific validity of the Navy's proposed SEALs for those gases. The NRC assigned the task to the Committee on Toxicology's (COT's) Subcommittee on Submarine Escape Action Levels. The specific task of the subcommittee was to review the toxicologic, epidemiologic, and related data on ammonia, carbon monoxide, chlorine, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide in order to validate the Navy's proposed SEALs. The subcommittee also considered the implications of exposures at hyperbaric conditions and potential interactions between the eight gases.\nReview of Submarine Escape Action Levels for Selected Chemicals presents the subcommittee's findings after evaluation human data from experimental, occupational, and epidemiologic studies; data from accident reports; and experimental-animal data. The evaluations focused primarily on high-concentration inhalation exposure studies. The subcommittee's recommended SEALs are based solely on scientific data relevant to health effects. The report includes the recommendations for each gas as determined by the subcommittee as well as the Navy's original instructions for these substances. \n ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10242/review-of-submarine-escape-action-levels-for-selected-chemicals", year = 2002, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Sixteenth Interim Report of the Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels", abstract = "Extremely hazardous substances (EHSs) can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, and other accidents, or intentionally through terrorist activities. Workers and residents in communities surrounding industrial facilities where EHSs are manufactured, used, or stored and in communities along the nation's railways and highways are potentially at risk of being exposed to airborne EHSs during accidental or intentional releases. \n\nTo help understand the risk involved with EHSs, the National Advisory Committee (NAC) on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances developed Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) for approximately 200 EHSs. \n\nThe present volume is the sixteenth interim report evaluating the AEGLs. It summarizes conclusions and recommendations for improving NAC's AEGL documents for 26 chemicals. The report also summarizes the committee's conclusions and recommendations for improving the Standing Operating Procedures for Developing Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances published in 2001.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12761/sixteenth-interim-report-of-the-committee-on-acute-exposure-guideline-levels", year = 2009, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP title = "Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants: Volume 1", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9062/spacecraft-maximum-allowable-concentrations-for-selected-airborne-contaminants-volume-1", year = 1994, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants: Volume 1", isbn = "978-0-309-09225-8", abstract = "U.S. Navy personnel who work on submarines are in an enclosed and isolated environment for days or weeks at a time when at sea. Unlike a typical work environment, they are potentially exposed to air contaminants 24 hours a day. To protect workers from potential adverse health effects due to those conditions, the U.S. Navy has established exposure guidance levels for a number of contaminants. The Navy asked a subcommittee of the National Research Council (NRC) to review, and develop when necessary, exposure guidance levels for 10 contaminants. \n\nOverall, the subcommittee found the values proposed by the Navy to be suitable for protecting human health. For a few chemicals, the committee proposed levels that were lower than those proposed by the Navy. In conducting its evaluation, the subcommittee found that there is little exposure data available on the submarine environment and echoed a previous recommendation from an earlier NRC report to conduct monitoring that would provide a complete analysis of submarine air and data on exposure of personnel to contaminants.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11170/emergency-and-continuous-exposure-guidance-levels-for-selected-submarine-contaminants", year = 2007, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Fire and Smoke: Understanding the Hazards", isbn = "978-0-309-06231-2", abstract = "", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1916/fire-and-smoke-understanding-the-hazards", year = 1986, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Review of Site (Point-of-Use) and Full-Fuel-Cycle Measurement Approaches to DOE/EERE Building Appliance Energy-Efficiency Standards: Letter Report", abstract = "Currently, the Department of Energy (DOE) sets appliance efficiency standards using primarily \"site\" (or point-of-use) measurements, which reflect only the energy consumed to operate the appliance. Site measurements allow consumers to compare energy efficiency among appliances, but offer no information about other energy costs involved. This congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council recommends that DOE consider moving over time to the use of a full-fuel-cycle measure of energy consumption for assessment of national and environmental impacts. Using that metric would provide the public with more comprehensive information about the impacts of energy consumption on the environment, the economy, and other national concerns. This volume discusses these matters and offers several related findings and recommendations together with supporting information.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12670/review-of-site-point-of-use-and-full-fuel-cycle-measurement-approaches-to-doeeere-building-appliance-energy-efficiency-standards", year = 2009, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Fire Research Abstracts and Reviews, Volume 18", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18867/fire-research-abstracts-and-reviews-volume-18", year = 1976, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", title = "Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health", isbn = "978-0-309-20941-0", abstract = "The indoor environment affects occupants' health and comfort. Poor environmental conditions and indoor contaminants are estimated to cost the U.S. economy tens of billions of dollars a year in exacerbation of illnesses like asthma, allergic symptoms, and subsequent lost productivity. Climate change has the potential to affect the indoor environment because conditions inside buildings are influenced by conditions outside them.\nClimate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health addresses the impacts that climate change may have on the indoor environment and the resulting health effects. It finds that steps taken to mitigate climate change may cause or exacerbate harmful indoor environmental conditions. The book discusses the role the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should take in informing the public, health professionals, and those in the building industry about potential risks and what can be done to address them. The study also recommends that building codes account for climate change projections; that federal agencies join to develop or refine protocols and testing standards for evaluating emissions from materials, furnishings, and appliances used in buildings; and that building weatherization efforts include consideration of health effects.\nClimate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health is written primarily for the EPA and other federal agencies, organizations, and researchers with interests in public health; the environment; building design, construction, and operation; and climate issues.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13115/climate-change-the-indoor-environment-and-health", year = 2011, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "James Merchant and Christine Coussens and Dalia Gilbert", title = "Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment in Rural America: Workshop Summary", isbn = "978-0-309-10047-2", abstract = "Throughout much of its history, the United States was predominantly a rural society. The need to provide sustenance resulted in many people settling in areas where food could be raised for their families. Over the past century, however, a quiet shift from a rural to an urban society occurred, such that by 1920, for the first time, more members of our society lived in urban regions than in rural ones. This was made possible by changing agricultural practices. No longer must individuals raise their own food, and the number of person-hours and acreage required to produce food has steadily been decreasing because of technological advances, according to Roundtable member James Merchant of the University of Iowa.\n\nThe Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Science, Research, and Medicine held a regional workshop at the University of Iowa on November 29 and 30, 2004, to look at rural environmental health issues. Iowa, with its expanse of rural land area, growing agribusiness, aging population, and increasing immigrant population, provided an opportunity to explore environmental health in a region of the country that is not as densely populated. As many workshop participants agreed, the shifting agricultural practices as the country progresses from family operations to large-scale corporate farms will have impacts on environmental health.\n\nThis report describes and summarizes the participants' presentations to the Roundtable members and the discussions that the members had with the presenters and participants at the workshop.\n ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11596/rebuilding-the-unity-of-health-and-the-environment-in-rural-america", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academy of Sciences", title = "Biographical Memoirs: Volume 74", isbn = "978-0-309-06086-8", abstract = "Biographic Memoirs: Volume 74 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works. Each biographical essay was written by a member of the Academy familiar with the professional career of the deceased. For historical and bibliographical purposes, these volumes are worth returning to time and again.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/6201/biographical-memoirs-volume-74", year = 1998, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Risk Assessment of Proposed ARFF Standards", abstract = "TRB\u2019s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Web Only Document 12: Risk Assessment of Proposed ARFF Standards explores air carrier passenger aircraft accidents to help determine if changes to Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) standards would have reduced the number of fatalities or serious injuries that resulted from past accidents.\nThe report compares standards set forth by the Federal Aviation Administration in 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 139, Certification of Airports with the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Annex 14 and standards set forth by the National Fire Protection Association in making determinations of reducing the number of fatalities and serious injuries associated with each accident.\nIn the United States ARFF is only required at airports subject to 14 CFR Part 139 and may not exist at non-Part 139 airports including general aviation airports. Generally, airports serving scheduled air carrier passenger operations with more than nine passenger seats and unscheduled air carrier passenger service with more than 30 seats are required to have a Part 139 certificate.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21942/risk-assessment-of-proposed-arff-standards", year = 2011, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }