1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910695124603321

Titolo

Environmental Protection Agency [[electronic resource] ] : progress has been made in grant reforms, but weaknesses remain in implementation and accountability : testimony before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives / / statement of John B. Stephenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Government Accountability Office, , [2006]

Descrizione fisica

14 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Testimony ; ; GAO-06-774 T

Altri autori (Persone)

StephensonJohn B

Soggetti

Drinking water - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on May 26, 2006).

"For release on delivery...Thursday, May 18, 2006."

Paper version available from: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957423303321

Titolo

Immunization safety review : multiple immunizations and immune dysfunction / / Kathleen Stratton, Christopher B. Wilson, and Marie C. McCormick, editors ; Immunization Safety Review Committee, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2002

ISBN

9780309169882

0309169887

9780309508667

0309508665

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Collana

The Compass series

Altri autori (Persone)

StrattonKathleen R

WilsonChristopher B <1946-> (Christopher Bruce)

McCormickMarie C

Disciplina

614.4/7

Soggetti

Immunization - Complications

Vaccination - Complications

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""REVIEWERS""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Immunization Safety Review: Multiple Immunizations and Immune Dysfunction""; ""THE CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE""; ""THE STUDY PROCESS""; ""THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT""; ""UNDER REVIEW: MULTIPLE IMMUNIZATIONS AND IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION""; ""SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Appendix A Chronology of Important Events Regarding Vaccine Safety""; ""Appendix B Committee Conclusions and Recommendations from Previous Reports""

""Appendix C Immunization Safety Review Committee""""Appendix D Methods of Identifying the Literature for the Causality Assessment""

Sommario/riassunto

By two years of age, healthy infants in the United States can receive up to 20 vaccinations to protect against 11 diseases. Although most people know that vaccines effectively protect against serious infectious



diseases, approximately one-quarter of parents in a recent survey believe that infants get more vaccines than are good for them, and that too many immunizations could overwhelm an infant's immune system. The Immunization Safety Review Committee reviewed the evidence regarding the hypothesis that multiple immunizations increase the risk for immune dysfunction. Specifically, the committee looked at evidence of potential biological mechanisms and at epidemiological evidence for or against causality related to risk for infections, the autoimmune disease type 1 diabetes, and allergic disorders.