Public Health

Publications & Reports on Military Exposures

VA has developed newsletters, reports, and other publications for Veterans, the public and health care providers on the following topics:

• Environmental Exposures Programs and Services
• Agent Orange
• Gulf War
• Operations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn
• Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits
• Radiation
• Depleted Uranium
• Project 112/Project SHAD
• Guides for Clinicians

Environmental Exposures Programs and Services

Environmental Exposures Programs & Services brochure (226 KB, PDF)
Overview of programs and services available for Veterans who may have been exposed to certain environmental hazards during their military service, including Agent Orange, Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pits, Depleted Uranium, Gulf War, Ionizing Radiation, and Toxic Embedded Fragments.

Agent Orange

View Agent Orange publications, including newsletters, posters, and reports.

Newsletter: Agent Orange Newsletter Summer 2017

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Gulf War

 

View Gulf War publications, including newsletters, posters, and reports.

Newsletter: Gulf War Newsletter 2018

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Operations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn

View OEF/OIF/OND exposures publications, including newsletters, posters, and clinical guides.

Newsletter: Post-9/11 Vet 2018

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Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits

Airborne Hazards & Open Burn Pit Registry Fact Sheet (403 KB, PDF)

Clinician's Guide to Airborne Hazards (780 KB, PDF)

10 Things to Know About Burn Pits (327 MB, PDF)

Radiation

View radiation publications, including newsletters, brochures, and a clinical guide.

Newsletter: Ionizing Radiation Review March 2012

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Depleted Uranium

View publications on depleted uranium and the Depleted Uranium Follow-Up Program.

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Project 112/Project SHAD

View Project 112/Project SHAD publications, including fact sheets and a clinical guide.

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Guides for Clinicians

These guides help health care providers care for Veterans with military exposure concerns, malaria, and mild traumatic brain injury.

• VA Environmental Health Registry Programs and Evaluations for Veterans (250 KB, PDF)
• Environmental Exposure Pocket Card (630 KB, PDF)
• Clinician's Guide to Airborne Hazards (780 KB, PDF)
• Malaria: Pocket Guide for Clinicians (430 KB, PDF)
• Mild Traumatic Brain Injury – Concussion: Pocket Guide for Clinicians (425 KB, PDF)

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