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Corporate Author Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Title Long-term health consequences of exposure to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan / Committee on the Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, Board on the Health of Select Populations, Insitute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2011.
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 180 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction -- Current and historical uses of burn pits in the military -- Approach to the task -- Evaluation of air monitoring data determinants of exposure -- Health effects of air pollutants detected at Joint Base Balad -- Health effects associated with combustion products -- Synthesis and conclusions -- Feasibility and design issues for an epidemiologic study of veterans exposed to burn pit emissions.
Summary Many veterans returning from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have health problems they believe are related to their exposure to the smoke from the burning of waste in open-air "burn pits" on military bases. Particular controversy surrounds the burn pit used to dispose of solid waste at Joint Base Balad in Iraq, which burned up to 200 tons of waste per day in 2007. The Department of Veterans Affairs asked the IOM to form a committee to determine the long-term health effects from exposure to these burn pits. Insufficient evidence prevented the IOM committee from developing firm conclusions. This report, therefore, recommends that, along with more efficient data-gathering methods, a study be conducted that would evaluate the health status of service members from their time of deployment over many years to determine their incidence of chronic diseases.
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Subject Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects -- Iraq.
Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects.
Iraq.
Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects -- Afghanistan.
Afghanistan.
Air -- Pollution -- Physiological effect -- Iraq.
Air -- Pollution -- Physiological effect.
Air -- Pollution -- Physiological effect -- Afghanistan.
Pollutants -- Health aspects -- Iraq.
Pollutants -- Health aspects.
Pollutants.
Pollutants -- Health aspects -- Afghanistan.
Combustion products -- Health aspects -- Iraq.
Combustion products.
Combustion products -- Health aspects -- Afghanistan.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Health aspects.
Persian Gulf War (1991)
Air Pollution -- adverse effects.
Iraq.
Afghanistan.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on the Health of Select Populations.
Other Form: Also in print: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Long-term health consequences of exposure to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2011 9780309217552 (OCoLC)764448522
ISBN 9780309217569 (electronic book)
0309217563 (electronic book)
0309217555
9780309217552

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