War Related Illness and Injury Study Center
Exposure Concerns of Veterans Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Hatch Auditorium, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Debra Milek, MD, PhD, MPH
Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Ron Teichman, MD, MPH
VA NJ War Related Illness and Injury Study Center
The Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
& War Related Illness and Injury Study Center at the East Orange Campus of the VA New Jersey Health Care System
with support from the NY/NJ Education and Research Center
Presentations
Web Resource List
- War Related Illness and Injury Study Center
The War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC, pronounced "risk") is a national VA program established to provide expertise in post-deployment health for Veterans and their health care providers.
This Web page provides information of Veterans' exposure concerns.
This Web page contains fact sheets on depleted uranium (DU) and burning trash and human waste exposures. - VA Office of Public Health
The Office of Public Health improves Veterans' health through prevention and treatment, outreach, surveillance, and focusing on special populations, including women Veterans, Veterans with HIV/AIDS, Veterans with hepatitis C, and Veterans exposed to hazardous materials during military service. The Office also manages VA’s medical response to emergencies and protects the safety and health of Veterans Health Administration employees.
- Deployment Health Clinical Center Health Information Website
PDHealth.mil was designed to assist clinicians in the delivery of post-deployment health care by fostering a trusting partnership between military men and women, Veterans, their families, and their health care providers to ensure the highest quality care for those who make sacrifices in the world's most hazardous workplace.
- Deployment Health Family Readiness Library
This library provides Service members, families, leaders, Health Care providers, and Veterans an easy way to find deployment health and family readiness information. Within this library you'll find access to fact sheets, guides, and other products on a wide variety of topics published by the services and organizations that serve you. You'll also find additional web links to other organizations and resources devoted to the health and well-being of the Service member and their family.
- US Army for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine
The USACHPPM team is a linchpin of medical support to combat forces and of the military managed-care system. It provides worldwide scientific expertise and services in clinical and field preventive medicine, environmental and occupational health, health promotion and wellness, epidemiology and disease surveillance, toxicology, and related laboratory sciences.
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
The CDC has a web site that provides information on environmental health concerns. Environmental health at CDC strives to promote health and quality of life by preventing or controlling those diseases or deaths that result from interactions between people and their environments.
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ATSDR serves the public by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and diseases related to toxic substances.