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Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War Recommendations for Research and Information Systems (1996) / Chapter Skim
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G. Selected DoD, Army, Navy, Air Force, and DVA Databases
Pages 184-188

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... This is part of a tri-service effort to provide a means of sharing data between the military services and civilian companies for joint research studies. The Central Research Databases Project consists of several major tasks: identifying the data requirements of researchers in a variety of areas, such as epidemiology, occupational medicine, public health, 184
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From page 185...
... . The TEAM is a database integrating GIS technology to incorporate USACHPPM air pollution data from the PG, NOAA modeling for the period of the burning oil well fires, satellite imagery of the geographic extent of the oil fire plumes, troop movement data, and PG exposure and toxicologic data as available.
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From page 186...
... , hospitalizations of active duty Army members in Navy or Air Force medical treatment facilities (MTFs) , and Navy and Air Force reportable diseases.
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From page 187...
... . The ASIMS is part of the medical surveillance data collection system, which has been fielded to all Air Force locations having a clinic or medical treatment facility.
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  • medical treatment
  • active duty
  • gulf war
  • hospitalization database
  • medical surveillance

  • hospitalization databases
  • evaluation program
  • war veterans
  • clinical evaluation
  • comprehensive clinical

  • ptf hospitalization
  • central research
  • financial data
  • registry exam
  • beneficiary identification

  • treatment activities
  • reportable diseases
  • personnel databases
  • respiratory disease
  • usachppm air

  • database integrating
  • experiencing illnesses
  • management team
  • death certificate
  • chronological events

  • data concerning
  • surveillance data
  • military entrance
  • oil fire
  • incorporate usachppm


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