@BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Review of Acute Human-Toxicity Estimates for Selected Chemical-Warfare Agents", isbn = "978-0-309-05749-3", abstract = "No reliable acute-exposure1 standards have been established for the particular purpose of protecting soldiers from toxic exposures to chemical warfare (CW) agents. Some human-toxicity estimates are available for the most common CW agents\u2014organophosphorus nerve agents and vesicants; however, most of those estimates were developed for offensive purposes (that is, to kill or incapacitate the enemy) and were intended to be interim values only. Because of the possibility of a chemical attack by a foreign power, the Army's Office of the Surgeon General asked the Army's Chemical Defense Equipment Process Action Team (CDEPAT) to review the toxicity data for the nerve agents GA (tabun), GB(sarin), GD (soman), GF, and VX, and the vesicant agent sulfur mustard (HD) and to establish a set of exposure limits that would be useful in protecting soldiers from toxic exposures to those agents. This report is an independent review of the CDEPAT report to determine the scientific validity of the proposed estimates.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5825/review-of-acute-human-toxicity-estimates-for-selected-chemical-warfare-agents", year = 1997, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 3", isbn = "978-0-309-08883-1", abstract = "This report reviews documents on acute exposure guideline levels (AEGLs) for nerve agents GA (tabun), GB (sarin), GD (soman), GD, and VX, sulfur mustard, diborane, and methyl isocyanate. The documents were developed by the National Advisory Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Chemicals (NAC). The subcommittee concludes that the AEGLs developed in those documents are scientifically valid conclusions based on data reviewed by NAC and are consistent with the NRC reports on developing acute exposure guideline levels. ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10672/acute-exposure-guideline-levels-for-selected-airborne-chemicals-volume-3", year = 2003, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "Andrew M. Pope and Meta A. Snyder and Lillian H. Mood", title = "Nursing, Health, and the Environment", isbn = "978-0-309-05298-6", abstract = "America's nurses, an estimated 2 million strong, are often at the frontlines in confronting environmental health hazards. Yet most nurses have not received adequate training to manage these hazards.\nNursing, Health, and the Environment explores the effects that environmental hazards (including those in the workplace) have on the health of patients and communities and proposes specific strategies for preparing nurses to address them.\nThe committee documents the magnitude of environmental hazards and discusses the importance of the relationship between nursing, health, and the environment from three broad perspectives:\n\n Practice\u2014The authors address environmental health issues in the nursing process, potential controversies over nurses taking a more activist stance on environmental health issues, and more.\n Education\u2014The volume presents the status of environmental health content in nursing curricula and credentialing, and specific strategies for incorporating more environmental health into nursing preparation.\n Research\u2014The book includes a survey of the available knowledge base and options for expanding nursing research as it relates to environmental health hazards.\n", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4986/nursing-health-and-the-environment", year = 1995, 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 author = "National Research Council", title = "Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants: Volume 2", isbn = "978-0-309-05478-2", abstract = "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has developed spacecraft maximum allowable concentrations (SMACs) for contaminants that might be found in the atmosphere within spacecraft during space missions to ensure the health and well-being of astronauts traveling and working in this unique environment. In volume 1 of this series, NASA developed SMACs for 11 compounds: acetaldehyde, ammonia, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, Freon 113, hydrogen, methane, methanol, octamethyltrisiloxane, trimethylsilanol, and vinyl chloride. Volume 2 includes SMACs for 12 more airborne contaminants: acrolein, benzene, carbon dioxide, 2-ethoxyethanol, hydrazine, indole, mercury, methylene chloride, methyl ethyl ketone, nitromethane, 2-propoanol, and toluene. In developing SMACs from the toxicological literature, NASA followed the Guidelines for Developing Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Space Station Contaminants published in 1992 by the National Research Council.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5170/spacecraft-maximum-allowable-concentrations-for-selected-airborne-contaminants-volume-2", year = 1996, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }