Review of report and approach to evaluating long-term health effects in Army test subjects

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Committee to Review Report on Long-Term Health Effects on Army Test Subjects, (author.).

Summary: The Report is a literature review of potential long-term health effects associated with exposures to more than 100 test agents. It focuses on studies published after June 30, 2006, the last date when test subjects were provided information about potential long-term health effects related to the testing. Brief descriptions of studies on each agent were provided and 18 agents were identified as having potential long-term health effects. The committee found that the Report does not constitute a hazard-identification assessment because it does not contain adequate support for the conclusions drawn about which test agents have evidence of long-term health effects. Best practices in literature-based reviews were not followed. Limitations of the report include failure to provide the literature search strategies, lack of critical analysis of the evidence, unclear criteria on which strength-of-evidence determinations were made, and no information on specific exposures to test subjects.

Record details

ISBN: 0309474167
ISBN: 9780309474160
ISBN: 9780309474153
ISBN: 0309474183
ISBN: 9780309474184
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 PDF file (x, 56 pages)) : illustrations.
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Publisher: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:july.22 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Evaluation of the report -- Evaluation of the Army's causation methodology -- Strategy for evaluating potential long-term health effects in army test subjects.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Aug. 17, 2020). Print version record.