Health Hazards of Exposures During Deployment to War
| Autor: | Ron Teichman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Warfare Armed conflict History 18th Century History 21st Century Hazardous Substances History 17th Century Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Occupational Exposure Political science Environmental health Humans Veterans Affairs History Ancient History 15th Century Veterans business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health History 19th Century Environmental exposure Service member History 20th Century Public relations History Medieval humanities Occupational Diseases Military Personnel History 16th Century Software deployment business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 54:655-658 |
| ISSN: | 1076-2752 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/jom.0b013e318259bfd9 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE This article serves as an introduction to the history of military environmental exposures, both man-made and naturally occurring. It also discusses exposure hazards of concern to US military members who have served in armed conflict in the past 40+ years. METHODS A review of the literature of the historic exposure concerns as well as those of the recent and current conflicts. RESULTS In recognition that there have been no significant compilations of articles regarding exposure hazards and concerns faced by US Service members returning from the recent and current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, this dedicated issue of the Journal contains 14 such papers. This articles provides a brief overview of these reports. CONCLUSIONS Environmental exposure hazards during deployment to conflict are not new. Concerns about these exposures are not new. Many conflicts have similar, if not identical exposures of concern, but also often have some that are unique to the particular conflict. In 2001 the Department of Veterans Affairs established a new program to address some of these concerns of Veterans. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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