Title Epidemiologic studies of veterans exposed to depleted uranium : feasibility and design issues / Committee on Gulf War and Health, Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2008]
	©2008

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Summary	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.
Contents	""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Elements of an Epidemiologic Study""; ""3 Available Datasets""; ""4 Conclusions and Recommendations""
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Subject	Depleted uranium -- Health aspects.
	Depleted uranium.
	Persian Gulf War, 1991.
	Persian Gulf War (1991)
	Veterans -- Health aspects.
	Veterans.
	Weapons -- Health aspects.
	Weapons.
	Uranium -- adverse effects.
	Veterans.
	Epidemiologic Studies.
	Gulf War.
	Military Personnel.
	Occupational Exposure -- adverse effects.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Computer network resources.
	Electronic books.
Added Author	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium.
	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.
Other Form:	Print version: Epidemiologic studies of veterans exposed to depleted uranium. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2008 9780309120067 0309120063 (OCoLC)243822747
ISBN	9780309120074 (electronic book)
	0309120071 (electronic book)
	0309120063
	9780309120067

Title Epidemiologic studies of veterans exposed to depleted uranium : feasibility and design issues / Committee on Gulf War and Health, Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

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