| Briefing Date: | 04/03/2000 |
| Topic: | An Assessment of the Safety of the Anthrax Vaccine |
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Committee on Health Effects Associated with Exposures During the Persian Gulf War
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Congressional Briefings
Monday and Tuesday, April 3 - 4, 2000
on
An Assessment of the Safety of the Anthrax Vaccine:
A Letter Report
This letter report, from a Committee of the Institute of Medicine, reviews the limited number of peer-reviewed, scientific studies that have been published concerning the safety of the anthrax vaccine. A more comprehensive report will follow.
A series of briefings for members of Congress and congressional staff only were held on April 3 and 4, 2000. The report was publicly released on April 4, 2000 and is available in its entirety on the Web site of the National Academies Press.
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