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PAPERBACK price:$34.75 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Chemical and Biological Terrorism:Research and Development to Improve Civilian Medical Response Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces:Medical Surveillance, Record Keeping, and Risk Reduction Other Related Titles Interactions of Drugs, Biologics, and Chemicals in U.S. Military Forces (1996) Medical Follow-Up Agency (MFUA) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "GLOSSARY." Interactions of Drugs, Biologics, and Chemicals in U.S. Military Forces. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1996. Please select a format: Page 79   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Glossary additive effect: When the combined effect of a combination of agents is equal to the sum of the effects of each of the agents given alone. antagonistic effect: When the combined effect of a combination of agents is less than that predicted on the basis of simple addition of the effects of the doses or responses of those agents. ARD: acute respiratory disease. BIRLS: Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem, an automated database containing information (including vital status) on all veteran beneficiaries of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CWI: cold weather injury DEET: N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide DoD: U.S. Department of Defense. EPA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. FDA: Food and Drug Administration. GIS: geographical identification system. HIV: human immunodeficiency virus. Page 79 FRONT MATTER (R1-R8) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1-8) 1: INTRODUCTION (9-13) 2: CURRENT PROPHYLACTIC AGENTS (14-18) 3: SURVEILLANCE TOOLS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE MILITARY (19-33) 4: STRATEGY FOR IDENTIFYING AND DEALING WITH INTERACTIONS (34-51) 5: THE STUDY AND MANAGEMENT OF INTERACTIONS (52-68) 6: FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (69-72) REFERENCES (73-76) APPENDIX (77-78) GLOSSARY (79-80)

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Interactions of Drugs, Biologics, and Chemicals in U.S. Military Forces Glossary additive effect: When the combined effect of a combination of agents is equal to the sum of the effects of each of the agents given alone. antagonistic effect: When the combined effect of a combination of agents is less than that predicted on the basis of simple addition of the effects of the doses or responses of those agents. ARD: acute respiratory disease. BIRLS: Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem, an automated database containing information (including vital status) on all veteran beneficiaries of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CWI: cold weather injury DEET: N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide DoD: U.S. Department of Defense. EPA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. FDA: Food and Drug Administration. GIS: geographical identification system. HIV: human immunodeficiency virus.

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Interactions of Drugs, Biologics, and Chemicals in U.S. Military Forces ICD: International Classification of Diseases, now in its ninth revision, is a scheme for coding medical conditions. IND: investigational new drug. interaction: When the presence of one agent affects an exposed individual's reactivity to other agents. IPDS: Individual Patient Data System, an automated system of the U.S. Army containing records for each inpatient discharge. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: a publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention containing, among other things, national data on reportable diseases. Medical treatment facility: a place where health care is delivered. MedWatch: FDA medical products reporting system. MOS: military occupational specialty. PB: pyridostigmine bromide. PBPD: physiologically based pharmacodynamic. RDSS: Reportable Disease Surveillance System. SSN: Social Security number. synergistic effect: When the combined effects of a combination of agents are greater than would be anticipated from the simple addition of the effects of the doses or responses of those agents. USAHDS: U.S. Army HIV Data System, which acquires and maintains the data for the Army's HIV testing program. USAMRIID: U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases. USAMRMC: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. USPDP: Uniformed Services Prescription Database Project, an Army database containing nationwide information on prescribed drugs. VA: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. VAERS: Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.

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