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Title The anthrax vaccine : is it safe? does it work? / Lois M. Joellenbeck [and others], editors ; Committee to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Institute of Medicine
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 265 pages) : illustrations
Contents Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Reviewers -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 3 Anthrax Vaccine Efficacy -- 4 Safety: Introduction -- 5 Safety: Case Reports -- 6 Safety: Epidemiologic Studies -- 7 Anthrax Vaccine Manufacture -- 8 Future Needs -- Appendix A Statement of Task -- Appendix B Biographical Sketches -- Appendix C Information-Gathering Meeting Agendas -- Appendix D Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed Package Inserts
Appendix E Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) FormAppendix F Anthrax Vaccine Expert Committee (AVEC) Case Assessment Form -- Appendix G DMSS Analyses Requested by the IOM Committee to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine -- An Assessment of the Safety of the Anthrax Vaccine A Letter Report Appendix H
Summary The National Academy Press presents the full text of the book "The Anthrax Vaccine: Is it Safe? Does it Work?", by the Committee to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine, Institute of Medicine. The book reports the study's conclusion that the vaccine is acceptably safe and effective in protecting humans against anthrax. The book also includes a description of advances needed in main areas: improving the way the vaccine is now used, expanding surveillance efforts to detect side effects from its use, and developing a better vaccine
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Anthrax -- Vaccination.
Anthrax.
Pustule, Malignant.
Vaccines.
Anthrax Vaccines
Anthrax
Vaccines
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
Vaccines
Pustule, Malignant
Anthrax
Anthrax -- Vaccination
Form Electronic book
Author Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine.
LC no. 2002104241
ISBN 0309528895
9780309528894
0309182743
9780309182744
1282083910
9781282083912
9786612083914
6612083913
0309557844
9780309557849