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050 00 $aRA576$b.I575 2011
110 2 $aInstitute of Medicine (U.S.).$bCommittee on the Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.
245 10 $aLong-term health consequences of exposure to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan /$cCommittee 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.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bNational Academies Press,$cc2011.
300 $axi, 180 p. :$bill. (chiefly col.) ;$c28 cm.
520 $aMany 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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
530 $aAlso available online in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.
650 0 $aAir$xPollution$xHealth aspects$zIraq.
650 0 $aAir$xPollution$xHealth aspects$zAfghanistan.
650 0 $aAir$xPollution$xPhysiological effect$zIraq.
650 0 $aAir$xPollution$xPhysiological effect$zAfghanistan.
650 0 $aPollutants$xHealth aspects$zIraq.
650 0 $aPollutants$xHealth aspects$zAfghanistan.
650 0 $aCombustion products$xHealth aspects$zIraq.
650 0 $aCombustion products$xHealth aspects$zAfghanistan.
650 0 $aPersian Gulf War, 1991$xHealth aspects.
650 2 $aAir Pollution$xadverse effects$zIraq
650 2 $aAir Pollution$xadverse effects$zAfghanistan
710 2 $aInstitute of Medicine (U.S.).$bBoard on the Health of Select Populations.
856 41 $uhttp://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13209