Assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs airborne hazards and open burn pit registry

"Military operations produce a great deal of trash in an environment where standard waste management practices may be subordinated to more pressing concerns. As a result, ground forces have long relied on incineration in open-air pits as a means of getting rid of refuse. Concerns over possible...

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Autor Corporativo: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry (-)
Otros Autores: Savitz, David A., editor (editor), Styka, Anne N., editor, Butler, David (David Alan), editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : The National Academies Press [2017]
Colección:National Academies ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Use of registries in environmental health research
  • The airborne hazards and open burn pit questionnaire and registry
  • Analysis and interpretation of exposures data
  • Analysis and interpretation of registry health outcome data
  • Findings, conclusions, and recommendations
  • Appendix A: Public law 112-260
  • Appendix B: Workshop agenda
  • Appendix C: Airborne hazards and open burn pit registry self-assessment questionnaire
  • Appendix D: Data requested
  • Appendix E: Multivariate model results
  • Appendix F: Biographical sketches of committee members and staff.