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Occupational Health: The Soldier and the Industrial Base

Specialty Editors DAVID P. DEETER, M.D., M.P.H. JOEL C. GAYDOS, M.D., M.P.H. Contents Foreword by The Surgeon General xi Preface xiii Patient Flow in a Theater of Operations xv History and Organization 1. Occupational Health in the U.S. Army, 1775–1990 1 2. Mobilizing the Industrial Base 29 3. U.S. Army Health Programs and Services 61 4. Industrial Hygiene in the U.S. Army 93 Protecting Personnel 5. Health Hazards to Healthcare Workers 129 6. Health Hazard Assessments 165 Hazards to the Special Senses 7. Noise and the Impairment of Hearing 207 8. Conserving Vision 253 Chemical Hazards 9. Military Energetic Materials: Explosives and Propellants 305 10. Combustion Products of Propellants and Ammunition 359 11. Carbon Monoxide 397 12. Lead 429 13. Solvents, Fluorocarbons, and Paints 463 14. Pesticides 485 Radiation Hazards 15. Nonionizing Radiation 539 16. Ionizing Radiation 581 Index 617 Acronyms 639

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