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	Depleted Uranium Table of Contents 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 Depleted Uranium, or DU, is a very dense metal used by the military to strengthen special armor on tanks and other equipment and to make armor-piercing munitions. DU is a by-product of the naturally occurring heavy metal uranium, when it is enriched to make nuclear reactor fuel or nuclear weapons. Because DU has had much of its radioactive component removed, it is 40 percent less radioactive than naturally occurring uranium. The Department of Defense (DoD) maintains a medical screening program to track servicemembers who may have been exposed to DU. It is part of DoD's overall surveillance program for servicemembers when they return from deployment and is a continuation of the DoD program that was begun during the 1st Gulf War. The main policies for the program are HA (Health Affairs) Policy 03-012 and HA Policy 04-004 which provide guidance on when and how the military services will test personnel for potential DU exposure.The DoD Policy calls for offering referral to all service members who have embedded DU fragments or other evidence of DU exposure found during testing to the VA's DU Follow-Up Program. The VA's program was developed in 1993 for ongoing monitoring of exposed servicemembers in order to identify any long-term implications of DU exposure. For list of Service-Specific DU Points of Contact (POCs), click here. Policies and Directives DoD / Joint Forces 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) VA Depleted Uranium Follow-Up Program Army OTSG/MEDCOM Policy Memo 07-022 , Medical Management of Army Personnel Exposed to Depleted Uranium (DU), 26 Jun 07 MEDCOM Memorandum, Medical Management of Army Personnel Exposed to Depleted Uranium (DU), 29 Apr 04 AR 700-48, Handling Procedures for Equipment Contaminated with Depleted Uranium or Radioactive Commodities, 27 Sep 02 Air Force 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 Back to top Clinical Guidance Supplemental Information and Clinical Guidance for DoD Depleted Uranium (DU) Medical Management Program, March 2008 VA War-Related Injury and Illness Study Center, Information on Depleted Uranium (DU), A Resource for VA-NJHCS Health Care Providers Clinician Guides VA Depleted Uranium and Health Pocket Guide for Clinicians, 1 May 07 Force Health Protection & Readiness (FHP&R) Depleted Uranium Information for Clinicians, 3 Nov 06 Depleted Uranium Provider Reference Pocket Card, Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline, Dec 03 Back to top 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 VA Form 10-9009D, Depleted Uranium (DU) Questionnaire, Jan 08 VA Form 10-9009F, Depleted Uranium (DU) Program Checklist 24-Hour Urine Uranium Collection Baltimore VA Medical Center, Dec 07 VA DU Specimen Shipping Instructions, 23 Jun 04 OIF DU Exposure Semiannual Report (Revised) Other Forms and Measures Back to top Fact Sheets Depleted Uranium Information for Clinicians, 3 Nov 06 Depleted Uranium Information for Service Members and Their Families, 3 Nov 06 U.S. Army Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosols Study & Human Health Risk Assessment For Service Members and Their Families, 10 Mar 05 VA War-Related Injury and Illness Study Center, Information on Depleted Uranium (DU), A Resource for Service Members and Their Families USACHPPM Just the Facts Depleted Uranium (DU) Urine Bioassay and Fragment Analysis Programs and the USACHPPM Laboratory Quality System, Apr 06 Health Physics Society Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet, Aug 05 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 IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), Depleted Uranium Questions and Answers WHO (World Health Organization) Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet, Jan 03 VA Depleted Uranium - FAQ Sheet, Jan 02 NEHC DU Poster, Jan 03 Back to top Other DU-Related Information DoD DU Program Reports ASD(HA) Memorandum, Operation Iraqi Freedom Depleted Uranium Bioassay Results - Eighth Semi-Annual Report and Request for Data Submission for Ninth Semiannual Report, 28 Feb 08 ASD(HA) Memorandum, Operation Iraqi Freedom Depleted Uranium Bioassay Results - Sixth Semi-Annual Report and Request for Data Submission, 5 Feb 07 ASD(HA) Memorandum, Operation Iraqi Freedom Depleted Uranium Bioassay Results - Fifth Semi-Annual Report and Request for Data Submission, 20 Jun 06 ASD(HA) Memorandum, Operation Iraqi Freedom Depleted Uranium Bioassay Results - Fourth Semi-Annual Report and Request for Data Submission, 27 Feb 06 ASD(HA) Memorandum, Operation Iraqi Freedom Depleted Uranium Bioassay Results and Semi-Annual Data Submission, 28 Jul 2005 ASD(HA) Memorandum, Operation Iraqi Freedom Depleted Uranium Bioassay Results and Semi-Annual Data Submission, 14 Feb 05 ASD(HA) Memorandum, Operation Iraqi Freedom Depleted Uranium Bioassay Results and Semi-Annual Data Submission, 10 Sep 04 FHP&R Magazine Special Issue 2008 Article, Let's talk about Depleted Uranium and Exposure Testing FHP&R Magazine Summer 2007 Article, Depleted Uranium - A Hard Look at the Facts MIT Conference, Depleted Uranium Weapons: Toxic Contaminant or Necessary Technology? 6 Mar 04 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 Back to top Education and Training Force Health Protection Conference, Depleted Uranium (DU) Medical Management Presentation, 11 Aug 05 Text Slides 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 USA Chemical School, Depleted Uranium Training (Tiers I, II, and III) FHP&R DU Training Page Back to top Research Depleted Uranium Analysis in Blood by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Abstract, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Vol 24, pages 189-193, 2009 The CAPSTONE Depleted Uranium Aerosol Characterization and Risk Assessment Study, Health Physics Vol 96 No 3, Mar 09 Executive Summary, Special Issue of Health Physics Highlights US Army's/Battelle's CAPSTONE Depleted Uranium Aerosol Study and Human Health Risk Assessment, 11 Feb 09 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A VOL 72 NO 1, Jan 2009, (Abstract) Surveillance Results of Depleted Uranium-Exposed Gulf War I Veterans: Sixteen Years of Follow-Up, McDiarmid et al. US Army Acquisition Support Center Article, ERDC Research Proves DNA Enzyme Sensors for Uranium and Lead Real-Time Detection, Jun 08 Institute of Medicine, Gulf War and Health Report: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium, 30 Jul 08 Military Health System News Story, The Institute of Medicine Publishes Report on the Health Effects of Depleted Uranium Exposure 31 Jul 08 Institute of Medicine, Epidemiologic Studies of Veterans Exposed to Depleted Uranium: Feasibility and Design Issues, 30 Jul 08 National Research Council of the National Academies Review of Toxicologic and Radiologic Risks to Military Personnel from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat, 2008 Health Physics VOL 93 NO 1, July 2007, Health Surveillance of Gulf War I Veterans Exposed to Depleted Uranium: Updating the Cohort, McDiarmid et al Occup Environ Med 2007, Urinary Isotopic Analysis in the UK Armed Forces: No Evidence of Depleted Uranium Absorption in Combat and Other Personnel in Iraq, 25 Jun 07 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Depleted Uranium Exposure and Health Effects in Gulf War Veterans, Squibb and McDiarmid, 24 Mar 06 Int Arch Occup Environ Health (2005), Biological Monitoring and Surveillance Results of Gulf War I Veterans Exposed to Depleted Uranium, McDiarmid et al Capstone Report, Depleted Uranium Aerosol Doses and Risks Oct 04 Fact Sheet March 2005 Capstone Report Concludes Little Health Risk from Depleted Uranium Particles 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. DHSD DeployMed Research/LINK - Depleted Uranium 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) Back to top Related Links NMCPHC (Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center) Deployment Exposure and Chemicals - Depleted Uranium FHP&R (Force Health Protection & Readiness) DU Library The United Kingdom, Ministry of Defence, Depleted Uranium Oversight Board The United Kingdom Royal Society (Search on Depleted Uranium) Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces - Depleted Uranium National Gulf War Resource Center, Inc Back to top
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