Serving as a companion to Growing Up Global, this book from the National Research Council explore...

More than 3.7 million U.S. service members have participated in operations taking place in the So...

The prevalence of childhood obesity is so high in the United States that it may reduce the life e...

This book describes the demographic, sociological, and ecological background of the aging society...

Planning for an influenza pandemic, whether it occurs in the near or distant future, will need to...

From 1962 to 1971, the U.S. military sprayed herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle ca...

Even though slightly over half of the U.S. population is female, medical research historically ha...

Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fert...

Fertility and reproductive health issues more broadly have tended to be of low priority in humani...

The early to mid-1990s saw a large surge in U.S. cigar consumption, including premium cigars. Bas...

The National Children's Study (NCS) is planned to be the largest long-term study of environmental...

Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fert...