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04392aam a2200433Ii 4500 001 039313EA621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170706010219 008 170502t20172017dcua b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0309451175 020 $a 9780309451178 035 $a (OCoLC)985121892 040 $a TKN $b eng $e rda $c TKN $d SOI $d YDX $d SCB $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a a-iq--- $a a-iq--- 050 4 $a RA576 N36x 2017 110 2 $a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). $b Committee on the Assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry. 245 10 $a Assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry / $c David A. Savitz, Anne N. Styka, and David A. Butler, editors ; Committee on the Assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, Board on the Health of Select Populations ; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division, a report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine. 264 1 $a Washington, DC : $b the National Academies Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xvi, 236 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 29 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Use of registries in environmental health research -- The airborne hazards and open burn pit questionnaire and registry -- Analysis and interpretation of exposures data -- Analysis and interpretation of registry health outcome data -- Findings, conclusions, and recommendations -- Appendix A: Public law 112-260 -- Appendix B: Workshop agenda -- Appendix C: Airborne hazards and open burn pit registry self-assessment questionnaire -- Appendix D: Data requested -- Appendix E: Multivariate model results -- Appendix F: Biographical sketches of committee members and staff. 520 1 $a "Military operations produce a great deal of trash in an environment where standard waste management practices may be subordinated to more pressing concerns. As a result, ground forces have long relied on incineration in open-air pits as a means of getting rid of refuse. Concerns over possible adverse effects of exposure to smoke from trash burning in the theater were first expressed in the wake of the 1990--1991 Gulf War and stimulated a series of studies that indicated that exposures to smoke from oil-well fires and from other combustion sources, including waste burning, were stressors for troops. In January 2013, Congress directed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a registry for service members who may have been exposed to toxic airborne chemicals and fumes generated by open burn pits. Assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry analyzes the initial months of data collected by the registry and offers recommendations on ways to improve the instrument and best use the information it collects. This report assesses the effectiveness of the VA's information gathering efforts and provides recommendations for addressing the future medical needs of the affected groups, and provides recommendations on collecting, maintaining, and monitoring information collected by the VA's Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry"--Publisher's description. 610 10 $a United States. $b Department of Veterans Affairs. 650 0 $a Air $x Health aspects $x Health aspects $z Iraq. 650 0 $a Air $x Health aspects $x Health aspects $z Afghanistan. 650 0 $a Air $x Physiological effect $x Physiological effect $z Iraq. 650 0 $a Air $x Physiological effect $x Physiological effect $z Afghanistan. 650 0 $a Pollutants $x Health aspects $z Iraq. 650 0 $a Pollutants $x Health aspects $z Afghanistan. 650 0 $a Combustion products $x Health aspects $z Iraq. 650 0 $a Combustion products $x Health aspects $z Afghanistan. 650 0 $a Persian Gulf War, 1991 $x Health aspects. 700 1 $a Savitz, David A., $e editor. 700 1 $a Styka, Anne N., $e editor. 700 1 $a Butler, David Alan, $d 1956- $e editor. 710 2 $a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). $b Board on the Health of Select Populations, $e issuing body. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200103021934.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=039313EA621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search