Mechanisms and Treatment of Deployment-Related Lung Injury: Repair of the Injured Epithelium

Abstract

Since 2001, more than 2.8 million military personnel, DoD contractors, and US government and NGO employees supporting the war effort have been deployed to Southwest Asia. They have been exposed to a variety of hazardous conditions during deployment including direct physical lung injury from explosions as well as chronic exposures from inhalation of airborne PM and other harmful chemicals, including smoke from burn pits, sand, and geogenic dust containing potentially toxic metals such as titanium, cadmium, aluminum, and lead. Exposure to cigarette smoke is an additional risk factor for respiratory disease in these individuals. Consequently, mounting evidence demonstrates that military personnel returning from Southwest Asia have increased rates of respiratory symptoms compared to non-deployed military personnel.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1124272

Entities

People

  • Gregory P. Downey

Organizations

  • National Jewish Health

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Blood
  • Cells
  • Covid-19
  • Culture Techniques
  • Data Analysis
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Genetics
  • Health Services
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Lung Diseases
  • Macrophages
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Microbiomes
  • Military Personnel
  • Particulate Matter
  • Physicians
  • Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
  • Sars
  • Small Molecules
  • Southwest Asia
  • Therapy
  • Wounds And Injuries
  • X-Ray Computed Tomography

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Immunology and Pathology
  • Mental Health of Military Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Risk Factors, Prevalence, Symptoms, and Treatment.