Depleted Uranium

• Policies and Directives
  • DoD / Joint Forces
  • VA
  • Army
  • Air Force
  • Navy / Marines
• Clinical Guidance
• Forms and Measures
• Fact Sheets
• Other DU-Related Information
• Education and Training
• Research
• Related Links

Policies and Directives

  DoD / Joint Forces

• ASD(HA), Operation Iraqi Freedom Depleted Uranium Bioassay Results and Semi-Annual Data Submission, 10 Sep 04



• ASD(HA) Message 2, Depleted Uranium: Not a Battlefield Heatlh Threat
  
  
• ASD(HA) Memorandum, Operation Iraqi Freedom Depleted Uranium Medical Management, 9 Apr 04
  
  
• HA Policy 04-004, Department of Defense Deployment Biomonitoring Policy and Approved Bioassays for Depleted Uranium and Lead, 6 Feb 04
  
  
• HA Policy 03-012, Policy for OIF DU Medical Management, 30 May 03

  VA (Veterans Administration)

• VHA Handbook 1303.4, Evaluation Protocol for Non-Gulf War Veterans with Potential Exposure to Depleted Uranium (DU), 30 Mar 04
  
  
• VHA Handbook 1303.1, Evaluation Protocol For Gulf War And Iraqi Freedom Veterans With Potential Exposure To Depleted Uranium (DU), 23 Feb 04
  

  Army

• MEDCOM Memorandum, Medical Management of Army Personnel Exposed to Depleted Uranium (DU), 29 Apr 04
  
  
• OTSG/MEDCOM Policy Memo 03-007, Medical Management of Army Personnel Exposed to Depleted Uranium (DU), 13 Jan 04
  
  
• AR 700-48, Handling Procedures for Equipment Contaminated with Depleted Uranium or Radioactive Commodities, 27 Sep 02

  Air Force

• AFIOH DU Policy Page
  
  
• CENTAF Memorandum, Air Force Medical Service Policy on Operation IRAQI FREEDOM Depleted Uranium (DU) Medical Management (SG Policy Letter #03-003), 25 Aug 03
  
  
• SG Policy Letter #03-003, Air Force Medical Service Policy on Operation IRAQI FREEDOM Depleted Uranium (DU) Medical Management, 14 Aug 03
  
  [Policy Letter Document] 
  [Implementation Instructions]
  
  

  Navy / Marines

• BUMEDINST 6470.10B, Initial Management of Irradiated or Radioactively Contaminated Personnel, 26 Sep 03

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Clinical Guidance

• Supplemental Information and Clinical Guidance for OIF DU Medical Management, Jun 04



• Depleted Uranium Provider Reference Pocket Cards, Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline, Dec 03
  
  
• Depleted Uranium: Information for Clinicians, 15 May 03
  
  

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Forms and Measures

• DD Form 2872 TEST, Depleted Uranium (DU) Questionnaire, Feb 2004
  • PDF Format
    
  • Perform Pro and Form Flow Formats
  
  
  
• DD Form 2872-1 TEST, Health Survey, Feb 2004
  • PDF Format
    
  • Perform Pro and Form Flow Formats
  
  
  
• OIF DU Exposure Semiannual Report (Revised)
  
  
• Other Forms and Measures

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Fact Sheets

• Depleted Uranium Information for Clinicians, 17 Sep 04



• Depleted Uranium Information for Service Members and Their Families, 17 Sep 04



• USACHPPM Urine Testing for Depleted Uranium, May 04
  
  
• USACHPPM Just the Facts Depleted Uranium - Individual Fact Sheet, May 03
  
  
• USACHPPM Just the Facts Depleted Uranium - Medical Fact Sheet, May 03
  
  
• USACHPPM Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet, Nov 02
  
  
• UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet, Sep 03
  
  
• WHO (World Health Organization) Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet, Jan 03
  
  
• NRPB (National Radiological Protection Board) Frequently Asked Questions - Depleted Uranium, Web Page
  
  
• VA Depleted Uranium - FAQ Sheet, Jan 02
  
  
• NEHC DU Poster, Jan 03

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Other DU-Related Information

• Bosnia Deployments Environmental Exposures - Depleted Uranium Web Page
  
  
• Gulf War Deployments Environmental Exposures - Depleted Uranium Web Page
  
  
• ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry) Toxicologic Profile for Uranium, Sep 99
  
  
• ISIS (International Security Information Service) Briefing Paper No. 78,The Military Hazards of Depleted Uranium - International Security Information Service, Jan 01

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Education and Training

• Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Depleted Uranium (DU) DoD Medical Management Policy, Force Health Protection Conference, 11 Aug 04
• DU Exposure Health Risks and Health Physics



• ASD(HA) Policies for Operation Iraqi Freedom Depleted Uranium (DU) Medical Management and Their Implementation



• Health Effects of Depleted Uranium in Exposed Gulf War Veterans - A 12-Year Follow-Up



• Assessing the Renal Toxicity of Depleted Uranium and Other Uranium Compounds, FHP Conference 9 Aug 04



• Deployment Health Clinical Training Series, Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Management of Depleted Uranium, 27 Jan 04
  • Training Document
  • Slide Presentation
  • Video
    
    
• CENTAF Depleted Uranium Brief, 18 Sep 03
  
  
• DoD, Deployment Health Clinical Center, Deployment Health Guest Lecturer Program, Depleted Uranium, 17 Oct 03 
  
  
• AMC (Army Material Command)/DHSD(Deployment Health Support Directorate) Depleted Uranium Briefing, 14 Mar 03
  • Transcript
  • Slide Presentation
  
  
• DU Awareness Training, US Army Chemical Center and School (USA TRADOC)

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Research

• Military Medicine,169,3:212-216, Chemical and Radiological Toxicity of Depleted Uranium, Sztajnkrycer and Otten, March 2004
  
  
• Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A VOL 67 NO 4, Jun 2004, Health Effects of Depleted Uranium on Exposed Gulf War Veterans: A 10-Year Follow-Up, McDiarmid et al.
  
  
• Medsearch, Medical Reference for Gulf War-Related Research - Depleted Uranium
  
  
• DHSD (Deployment Health Support Directorate) DU Library - DU Studies and Reports
  
  
• Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 64 (2003) - Special DU Issue
  
  
  • Editorial
  • ICRP's Letter to the Editor
  • Civil Use of DU
  • DU Projectiles
  • DU Particles in Kosovo Samples
  • Uranium Migration from Embedded DU Fragments
  • Military Use of DU
  • DU Residual Radiological Risk Assessment of Kosovo Sites
  
  
  
• The United Kingdom Royal Society, The Health Hazards of Depleted Uranium Munitions - Part I (May 2001) and Part II (Mar 2002)

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Related Links

• NEHC Deployment Exposure and Chemicals - Deplete