Reassessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry

Reassessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry

Beginning with the 1990?1991 Gulf War, more than 3.7 million U.S. service members have been deployed to Southwest Asia, where they have been exposed to a number of airborne hazards, including oil-well fire smoke, emissions from open burn pits, dust and sand, diesel exhaust, and poor-quality ambient...

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Autor principal: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (author)
Autores Corporativos: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, author (author), Health and Medicine Division, author, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, author, Committee on the Reassessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, author
Otros Autores: Division, Health and Medicine (-), Practice, Board on Population Health and Public Health, Registry, Committee to Reassess the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press 2023.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Air > Pollution > Health aspects > Afghanistan.
Air > Pollution > Physiological effect.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Methods and Approach
  • 3 Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry Development and Operations
  • 4 Other Information Sources on Airborne Hazards
  • 5 Use for Etiologic Research
  • 6 Use for Population Health Surveillance
  • 7 Use to Improve Clinical Care
  • 8 Use for Informing VA Policies and Processes
  • 9 Use for Supporting Communications and Outreach
  • 10 Future Use of the AH&OBP Registry
  • Appendixes. [Appendix] A: Public Law 112-260
  • [Appendix] B: Public Meeting Agendas
  • [Appendix] C: Committee Member and Staff Biographies.

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