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IOM REPORT - EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF VETERANS
EXPOSED TO DEPLETED URANIUM: FEASIBILITY AND
DESIGN ISSUES -- "...It would be difficult to
design a
study to comprehensively assess depleted uranium-
related health outcomes with currently available
data."
We have a new report from the Institute of
Medicine regarding the feasibility of a study of veterans exposed to
depleted uranium.
For more about the IOM and their studies, use the
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The full IOM report is here...
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12200
Summary here...
http://www.iom.edu/CMS/4683/56996.aspx
Summary below:
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Epidemiologic Studies of Veterans Exposed
to Depleted Uranium: Feasibility and Design Issues
Released On:
July 30, 2008
Depleted uranium, a component of some weapons systems, has been in use by
the U.S. military since the 1991 Gulf War.
 Military
personnel have been exposed to depleted uranium as the result of friendly
fire incidents, cleanup and salvage operations, and proximity to burning
depleted uranium-containing tanks and ammunition.
Under a Congressional mandate, the
Department of Defense sought guidance from the Institute of Medicine in
evaluating the feasibility and design of an epidemiologic study that would
assess health outcomes of exposure to depleted uranium.
The study committee examined several
options to study health outcomes of depleted uranium exposure in military
and veteran populations and concluded that it would be difficult to design
a study to comprehensively assess depleted uranium-related health outcomes
with currently available data.
The committee further concluded that the
option most likely to obtain useful information about depleted
uranium-related health outcomes would be a prospective cohort study if
future military operations involve exposure to depleted uranium.
The book contains recommendations aimed at
improving future epidemiologic studies and identifying current active-duty
military personnel and veterans with potential DU exposure.
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