Review of the Department of Defense Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program report /

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Soldiers deployed during the 1991 Persian Gulf War were exposed to high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) and other airborne pollutants. Their exposures were largely the result of daily windblown dust, dust storms, and smoke from oil fires. On returning from deployment, many veterans complai...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Review of the DOD's Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010.
Colección:Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Temas:
U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. > Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program.
U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine > Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program
Since 1991
Air > Pollution > Afghanistan.
Air > Pollution > Research > United States.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Environmental aspects.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Health aspects.
Particulate Matter > adverse effects
Afghan Campaign 2001-
Environmental Pollution > adverse effects
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Persian Gulf Syndrome > epidemiology
Program Evaluation
Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001- > Aspect de l'environnement.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Air > Pollution.
Air > Pollution > Research.
Middle East.
Middle East
Moyen-Orient.
Afghanistan.
United States.
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Sumario:Soldiers deployed during the 1991 Persian Gulf War were exposed to high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) and other airborne pollutants. Their exposures were largely the result of daily windblown dust, dust storms, and smoke from oil fires. On returning from deployment, many veterans complained of persistent respiratory symptoms. With the renewed activity in the Middle East over the last few years, deployed military personnel are again exposed to dust storms and daily windblown dust in addition to other types of PM, such as diesel exhaust and particles from open-pit burning. On the basis of the high concentrations observed and concerns about the potential health effects, DOD designed and implemented a study to characterize and quantify the PM in the ambient environment at 15 sites in the Middle East. The endeavor is known as the DOD Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program (EPMSP). <br /> <br /> The U.S. Army asked the National Research Council to review the EPMSP report. In response, the present evaluation considers the potential acute and chronic health implications on the basis of information presented in the report. It also considers epidemiologic and health-surveillance data collected by the USACHPPM, to assess potential health implications for deployed personnel, and recommends methods for reducing or characterizing health risks.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 85 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780309154147
0309154146
1282787497
9781282787490
9786612787492
661278749X
0309159148
9780309159142

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