Epidemiologic Studies Of Veterans Exposed To Depleted Uranium

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309178568
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Epidemiologic Studies of Veterans Exposed to Depleted Uranium written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depleted uranium, a component of some weapons systems, has been in use by the U.S. military since the 1991 Gulf War. Military personnel have been exposed to depleted uranium as the result of friendly fire incidents, cleanup and salvage operations, and proximity to burning depleted uranium-containing tanks and ammunition. Under a Congressional mandate, the Department of Defense sought guidance from the Institute of Medicine in evaluating the feasibility and design of an epidemiologic study that would assess health outcomes of exposure to depleted uranium. The study committee examined several options to study health outcomes of depleted uranium exposure in military and veteran populations and concluded that it would be difficult to design a study to comprehensively assess depleted uranium-related health outcomes with currently available data. The committee further concluded that the option most likely to obtain useful information about depleted uranium-related health outcomes would be a prospective cohort study if future military operations involve exposure to depleted uranium. The book contains recommendations aimed at improving future epidemiologic studies and identifying current active-duty military personnel and veterans with potential DU exposure.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030911036X
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Review of the Toxicologic and Radiologic Risks to Military Personnel from Exposures to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-06-06 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1980s, the U.S. military has used depleted uranium in munitions and in protective armor on tanks. Depleted uranium is a toxic heavy metal and is weakly radioactive. Concerns have been raised about the adverse health effects from exposure to depleted uranium that is aerosolized during combat. Some think it may be responsible for illnesses in exposed veterans and civilians. These concerns led the Army to commission a book, Depleted Uranium Aerosol Doses and Risks: Summary of U.S. Assessments, referred to as the Capstone Report that evaluates the health risks associated with depleted uranium exposure. This National Research Council book reviews the toxicologic, radiologic, epidemiologic, and toxicokinetic data on depleted uranium, and assesses the Army's estimates of health risks to personnel exposed during and after combat. The book recommends that the Army re-evaluate the basis for some of its predictions about health outcomes at low levels of exposure, but, overall, the Capstone Report was judged to provide a reasonable characterization of the exposure and risks from depleted uranium.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030907178X
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gulf War and Health written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-12-28 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The men and women who served in the Gulf War theater were potentially exposed to a wide range of biological and chemical agents. Gulf War and Health: Volume 1 assesses the scientific literature concerning the association between these agents and the adverse health effects currently experienced by a large number of veterans.

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428971645
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gulf War illnesses understanding of health effects from depleted uranium evolving but safety training needed : report to congressional requesters written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In view of the controversy about a possible connection between depleted uranium exposure and Gulf War illnesses, you asked us to address the following objectives: (1) What is the scientific understanding about health effects from exposure to depleted uranium? (2) Are Gulf War veterans experiencing administrative problems with the current medical screening program for depleted uranium health effects? (3) To what extent have the services implemented programs to train service members to safely operate in a depleted uranium contaminated battlefield?

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309119197
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gulf War and Health written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-10-29 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1991 Persian Gulf War was considered a brief and successful military operation with few injuries and deaths. A large number of returning veterans, however, soon began reporting health problems that they believed to be associated with their service in the gulf. Under a Congressional mandate, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is reviewing a wide array of biologic, chemical, and physical agents to determine if exposure to these agents may be responsible for the veterans' health problems. In a 2000 report, Gulf War and Health, Volume 1: Depleted Uranium, Sarin, Pyridostigmine Bromide, and Vaccines, the IOM concluded that there was not enough evidence to draw conclusions as to whether long-term health problems are associated with exposure to depleted uranium, a component of some military munitions and armor. In response to veterans' ongoing concerns and recent publications in the literature, IOM updated its 2000 report. In this most recent report, Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium, the committee concluded that there is still not enough evidence to determine whether exposure to depleted uranium is associated with long-term health problems. The report was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Author : United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gulf War Illness and the Health of Gulf War Veterans written by United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions surrounding Gulf War illness and other health problems resulting from service in the 1990-1991 Gulf War have long plagued veterans and government officials. This 450-page report brings together for the first time the full range of scientific research and government investigations on Gulf War illness. The comprehensive analysis resolves many questions about what caused Gulf War illness and what should be done to address this serious condition, which affects at least one in four Gulf War veterans.--Publisher description.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gulf War Illnesses written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309053404
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adverse Reproductive Outcomes in Families of Atomic Veterans written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-08-17 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past several decades, public concern over exposure to ionizing radiation has increased. This concern has manifested itself in different ways depending on the perception of risk to different individuals and different groups and the circumstances of their exposure. One such group are those U.S. servicemen (the "Atomic Veterans" who participated in the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site or in the Pacific Proving Grounds, who served with occupation forces in or near Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or who were prisoners of war in or near those cities at the time of, or shortly after, the atomic bombings. This book addresses the feasibility of conducting an epidemiologic study to determine if there is an increased risk of adverse reproductive outcomes in the spouses, children, and grandchildren of the Atomic Veterans.

Author : Naomi H. Harley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780833026811
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Depleted Uranium written by Naomi H. Harley and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because of the metal's density and metallurgical properties, depleted uranium (DU) saw widespread use during the Persian Gulf War in improved armor and antiarmor rounds of increased penetrating power. This report examines the scientific literature regarding possible health effects on U.S. troops of exposure to DU. While very little literature directly addresses DU, a wide body of literature deals with the health effects of natural uranium and enriched uranium. DU is toxicologically identical to natural uranium and radiologically more benign because it is less radioactive. No increase in overall deaths has been observed as a result of exposure to natural uranium in several epidemiological studies. The literature review paid close attention to the ongoing study of a group of Gulf War Veterans who received the highest exposure to DU. Those with embedded fragments have elevated urine uranium levels, but researchers report neither adverse renal effects attributable to DU nor any adverse health effects related to DU radiation.

Author : United States. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Final Report, Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses written by United States. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: