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

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

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"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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Other Authors: Savitz, David A. (Editor), Styka, Anne N. (Editor), Butler, David (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2017]
Series:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Subjects:
United States. > Department of Veterans Affairs.
1991
Air > Pollution > Health aspects > Iraq.
Air > Pollution > Health aspects > Afghanistan.
Air > Pollution > Physiological effect > Iraq.
Air > Pollution > Physiological effect > Afghanistan.
Pollutants > Health aspects > Iraq.
Pollutants > Health aspects > Afghanistan.
Combustion products > Health aspects > Iraq.
Combustion products > Health aspects > Afghanistan.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Health aspects.
Fires.
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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