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<br />. <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />NOTICE <br /> <br />The project that is the subject of this report was approved by <br />the Governing BOard of the National Research Council, whose members <br />are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the <br />National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The <br />members of the Committee responsible for the report were chosen for <br />their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. <br />This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors <br />according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee <br />consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the <br />National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. <br /> <br />The National Research Council was established by the National <br />Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of <br />science and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering <br />knowledge and of advising the federal government. The Council <br />operates in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy <br />under the authority of its congressional charter of 1863, which <br />establishes the Academy as a private, nonprofit, self-governing <br />membership corporation. The Council has become the principal <br />operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the <br />National Academy of Engineering in the conduct of their services to <br />the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering <br />communities. It is administered jointly by both Academies and the <br />Institute of Medicine. The National Academy of Engineering and the <br />Institute of Medicine were established in 1964 and 1970, respectively, <br />under the charter of the National Academy of sciences. <br /> <br />This study was supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture <br />and the U.S. Department of the Interior. <br />