A Clinician’s Guide to Occupational Exposures in the Military

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• Personal Author:
  Poole, Jill A. ; Van De Graaff, Joel
• Description:
  Purpose of Review: Adverse occupational and environmental exposures are common causes of respiratory disease and health consequences requiring medical care. Understanding how these various exposures affect patients and how to elicit an adequate history is critical for any clinician. Military personnel are often overlooked when discussing groups at risk for environmental exposure-associated airway disease. There are close to 20 million active duty and veterans in the USA, and nearly all clinicians will at some point care for a patient that has served in the military. Recent Findings: Exposures related to military work include burn pits, chemicals/toxins, sandstorms, and living conditions. Burn pits and military waste are increasingly recognized as potential hazards attributed to the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. The link between these various military exposures and acute or chronic airway diseases remains difficult. Epidemiological studies are emerging to demonstrate correlations with chronic lung disease and prolonged burn pit exposure. Summary: This review provides an overview of potential occupational and environmental exposures that may affect current and/or former military service men and women. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care Environmental Exposure Lung Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Exposure Burn Pits Clinical Symptoms Environmental Exposure Lung Disease Medical Care Military Exposure Military Personnel Occupational Exposure Occupational Respiratory Disease
• ISSN:
  1529-7322
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  22
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067123
• Citation:
  Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2022 Dec; 22(12):259-264
• Contact Point Address:
  Joel Van De Graaff, 985990 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA
• Email:
  joel.vandegraaff@unmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20210901
• Source Full Name:
  Current Allergy & Asthma Reports
• End Date:
  20250831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:423caa49e9717edeae763d5a5cc9632d77e4dac6a205d1b86da894014218c8ce645702779093c5c9368c84fa449fc044547e9bedaeec86eb81aeadb5a807e712
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230775/cdc_230775_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 809.38 KB ]