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.

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...

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Sarrera elektronikoa:	Electronic book from EBSCO
Erakunde egilea:	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Formatua:	eBook
Hizkuntza:	English
Argitaratua:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2011.
Gaiak:	Air > Pollution > Health aspects > Iraq. Air > Pollution > Health aspects > Afghanistan. Air > Pollution > Physiological effect > Iraq. Air > Pollution > Physiological effect > Afghanistan. Pollutants > Health aspects > Iraq. Pollutants > Health aspects > Afghanistan. Combustion products > Health aspects > Iraq. Combustion products > Health aspects > Afghanistan. Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Health aspects. Electronic book.