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When a newspaper report claimed that a serious outbreak of skin disease had occurred in British Army troops stationed at the Bočac Dam, in western Bosnia, all troops at the Bočac Dam location (n=96), followed by a matched control group of troops (n=91) at a nearby location, were examined by two investigators. 14% of the study population and 21% of the control group were found to have skin disorders. Most were complaints that are commonly encountered in general medical practice. There was a striking absence of skin infestations. The historical consultation rate for skin disorders had not increased. It was concluded that an outbreak of skin disease had not occurred in British troops guarding the dam. This epidemiological study shows that, even under conditions of modern field hygiene, up to one in five soldiers will have skin disease. Skin infestations, however, have become progressively less common during military campaigns this century, probably because of better personal hygiene, good preventive medicine practices and better access to effective health care.
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- A Croft
- Headquarters Multinational Division Southwest (Rear), Divulje Barracks, Spilt, Croatia
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Kuznetsov SM, Petreev IV, Terentev LP. [Hygienists of the Military Medical Academy - participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident]. Voen Med Zh 2017; 338:84-89. [PMID: 30763482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The main task of the military medical service in the area of work to eliminate the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster was to organize and carry out sanitary and hygienic measures aimed at preventing radiation exposure to liquidators-military personnel in excess of the established dose limits and the emergence of mass infectious and non-infectious diseases. The article summarizes the experience of the participation of the employees of the S.M.Kirov Military Medical Academy in the implementation of anti-radiation and other preventive measures in the area of the accident. The entire faculty. of the Department of Naval and Radiation Hygiene and a number of employees of the Department of General and Military Hygiene, who on a rotational basis were continuously in the zone of work to eliminate the consequences of the accident, went through the mill of Chernobyl. Their personal contribution to the solution of urgent scientific and applied problems -of minimization of radiation impact and preservation of health of servicemen-liquidators of the accident were noted.
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Frances SP, Sferopoulos R, Lee B. Protection From Mosquito Biting Provided by Permethrin-Treated Military Fabrics. J Med Entomol 2014; 51:1220-1226. [PMID: 26309310 DOI: 10.1603/me14084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A study to evaluate the protection provided by permethrin-treated fabric following cold-water washing against biting by mosquitoes is reported. Australian Defense Force (ADF) disruptive pattern combat uniform (DPCU) shirt fabric and entire shirts were treated by dipping in a 0.6% emulsion (Perigen Defense, containing 500 g/liter permethrin), and commercial factory treatment in the United States (Factory A) and Europe (Factory B). Protection was recorded after 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, and 50 washes. The treated fabric provided 100% protection against bites of Anopheles farauti Laveran for at least 50 washes, although only 4.8-19.0% of this species fed through untreated DPCU. The protection provided by each type of permethrin treatment against Aedes aegypti (L.) biting was variable; however, there were no significant differences between the percentage of mosquitoes biting between 1 and 10 washes. A comparison between the two factory treatments for 1-50 washes also showed no statistical difference in Ae. aegypti feeding. Chemical analysis of fabric was conducted using gas chromatography and showed that the initial dose was 0.125 mg/cm(2) for Perigen-treated fabric, which fell to 0.004 mg/cm(2) after 10 washes. By contrast, factory treatments resulted in initial dose rates of 0.20 mg/cm(2) for Factory A and 0.19 mg/cm(2) for Factory B. After 10 washes, Factory A-treated fabric had 0.09 mg/cm(2) and Factory B 0.15 mg/cm(2) of permethrin. Despite the higher concentrations of permethrin in the fabric, there was not a commensurate increase in biting protection provided by the factory-treated fabric, compared with fabric treated by dipping in permethrin emulsion.
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- Stephen P Frances
- Australian Army Malaria Institute, Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera, QLD 4051, Australia.
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- Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Land Division, 506 Lorimer St., Fishermans Bend, VIC 3207, Australia
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- Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Land Division, 506 Lorimer St., Fishermans Bend, VIC 3207, Australia
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Greifenstein M, White DW, Stubner A, Hout J, Whelton AJ. Impact of temperature and storage duration on the chemical and odor quality of military packaged water in polyethylene terephthalate bottles. Sci Total Environ 2013; 456-457:376-83. [PMID: 23624011 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2013] [Revised: 03/06/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The impact of temperature and storage time on military packaged water (MPW) quality was examined at four temperatures (23.0 °C to 60.0 °C) for 120 days. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles were filled in California and Afghanistan with unbuffered water treated by reverse osmosis. The US military's water pH long-term potability standard was exceeded, and US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) and US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) drinking water pH and odor intensity limits were also exceeded. During a 70 day exposure period, Port Hueneme MPW total organic carbon and total trihalomethane levels increased from < 0.25mg/L to 2.0 ± 0.0mg/L and <0.05 μg/L to 51.5 ± 2.1 μg/L, respectively. PET released organic contaminants into MPW and residual disinfectant generated trihalomethane contaminants. After 14 days at 37.7 °C and 60.0 °C, Afghanistan MPW threshold odor number values were 8.0 and 8.6, respectively. Total organic carbon concentration only increased with exposure duration at 60.0 °C. Acetaldehyde and formaldehyde contaminants were not detected likely due to the high method detection limits applied in this study. Phthalate contaminants detected and their maximum levels were butylbenzylphthalate (BBP) 0.43 μg/L, di-n-butylphthalate (DnBP) 0.38 μg/L, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.6 μg/L, and diethylphthalate (DEP) 0.32 μg/L. Antimony was only detected in 60.0 °C Afghanistan MPW on Day 28 and beyond, and its maximum concentration was 3.6 ± 0.3 μg/L. No antimony was found in bottles exposed to lesser temperatures. Environmental health, PET synthesis and bottle manufacturers, and bottle users can integrate results of this work to improve health protective decisions and doctrine.
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- Michael Greifenstein
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA.
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Shandala NK, Kiselev SM, Titov AV, Seregin VA, Isaev DV, Akhromeev SV, Filonova AA, Semenova MP, Gimadova TI, Aladova RA, Kosnikov AS, Shchelkanova ES, Luk'ianets AI. [Regulatory supervision and radiation survey in the area of location of former military technical bases]. Gig Sanit 2013:15-19. [PMID: 24340572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Activities related to the rehabilitation of areas and facilities of the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste (SNF and RW) at Andreeva Bay and Gremikha on the Kola Peninsula and in the Primorsky Krai in the Russian Far East is an important component of the regulatory functions of the Federal Medical biological Agency (FMBA of Russia). Technical support to the FMBA of Russia in this activity is provided by A.L Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center Main research interests include evaluation of radiological threats to determine the priority directions of regulation, a detailed analysis of the radiation situation at areas, territories and in vicinity of temporary waste storage facilities, radiation control and environmental monitoring, the development of digital maps and geoinformation systems, project expertise in the field of rehabilitation of PVC including the management of SNF and RW Implementation of these natural, practical and theoretical works is completed by development a set of regulatory documents ensuring adherence to radiation safety for the stuff population and the environment, and the also documents governing the management of SNF and RW waste in the territories of PVC.
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Backhaus E. [On fungus and taste]. Lakartidningen 2012; 109:2368. [PMID: 23367556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Bell E. Health needs of personnel in the operational environment: a literature review. J R Nav Med Serv 2009; 95:31-36. [PMID: 19425529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Mosiagin IG, Malinitskiĭ AK. [Psychophysiological and social-and-psychological aspects of adaptation to military service in the European North of Russia in the servicemen called from different regions]. Voen Med Zh 2007; 328:39-42, 96. [PMID: 17580478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The article presents the investigational results of psychophysiological and social-and-psychological adaptation to military service in conditions of the European North of Russia in servicemen called up from different regions. During the first 6 months the positive dynamics concerning the communicative and personal adaptation potential and behavioral regulation was noted in all 239 servicemen. It was established that the representatives from northern region have lower potential possibilities of social-and-psychological adaptation to military service in the European North of Russia than the youths called up from other regions. Social-and-psychological adaptation to military service in the northern conditions was better than in the persons called up from the southern and central regions. The complete adaptation of servicemen at biological level wasn't observed.
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Volgin AR, Rusakov VN, Diachok VK. [About the participation of RF Defense Ministry centers of State sanitary-and-epidemiological inspection in organization of compulsory medical examinations of certain categories among civil personnel]. Voen Med Zh 2006; 327:12-5. [PMID: 17236665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Cocco P. [Comments on the Report on the Environment and Health in high risk areas of Sardinia, Italy]. Epidemiol Prev 2006; 30:210-1; author reply 211-2. [PMID: 17176930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Liashchenko NI, Grabarev PA, Lukin EP. [Hemorrhagic fever with the renal syndrome: modern aspects of epidemiology and prophylaxis]. Voen Med Zh 2006; 327:49-54, 96. [PMID: 16977883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Hemorrhagic fever with the renal syndrome (HFRS) is a typical natural-and-focal virus infection having military-and-epidemiological importance for Armed Forces of most countries. Severe forms of this infection are typical for the Far East of Russia, countries of South-East Asia and especially for the American continent. The lethality from HFRS amounts to 15-50%. The main natural carriers and keepers of HFRS stimulus are various mouse-type rodents. In Russia besides well-studied natural focuses on the Far East, Siberia, Ural, Povolge other active HFRS focuses were determined not long ago (Moscow, Orel, Lipetsk, Tula and Voronezh regions, the territory of Big Sochi). A man is infected by an aerosol, forming during drying up of rodents' urine, feces, saliva containing HFRS virus. Vaccinal prevention of HFRS in Russia hasn't yet been worked out. Ribavirin is the most effective in the treatment for HFRS. The means of prevention of population and servicemen must exclude their contact with rodents both in natural conditions and in populated areas.
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An extensive investigation at the Camp Edwards, Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) demonstrates that assessment of groundwater and soil contamination at military ranges can be limited primarily to explosive-related compounds such as RDX, HMX, perchlorate, TNT and their transformation products. A modified analytical method is recommended to expand the list of explosives and to improve the detection limits. Analyses of metals, VOCs, SVOCs, and TICs are unnecessary. Soil samples may require the analyses of PAHs and PCNs for burn areas. Camp Edwards, as one of the few military ranges that have been exhaustively investigated for contaminants, is an ideal point of departure for evaluating other ranges. The permeable site soils promote leaching of contaminants and inhibit biotic and abiotic transformations. Moreover, the site has experienced an unusual extent of activities in its more than ninety years of active use. The recommendations in this report are based on data obtained for more than 200 analytes from more than 15,000 environmental samples.
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- Jay Clausen
- AMEC Earth & Environmental, 239 Littleton Road, Suite 1B, Westford MA 01886, USA.
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Filippov NA, Fedorov VA, Artamonova AA. [Incidence of parasitosis in the troops of Northern-Caucasian military district]. Voen Med Zh 2004; 325:42-4, 80. [PMID: 15112412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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In 2002 the analysis of parasitosis incidence in the servicemen of North-Caucasian military district was conducted in order to evaluate the risk of its spread and to optimize the ways of its prevention at the territory studied. One of the most important directions of prophylactic work is the training of specialists (parasitologists, laboratory physicians, epidemiologists, laboratory assistants) in the field of parasitology and early diagnosis of parasitogenic diseases in servicemen.
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Dağlar O. [Health situation of the armies in the Crimean war and a document related to this]. Tip Tarihi Arastirmalari 2004; 12:41-52. [PMID: 15487045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Although the Crimean War seems to be a war between the Ottoman and Russian with the support of England an France, in reality, it was a power struggle between the biggest European countries. The cooperation between England - Ottoman Empire and France in the Crimean War meanly determined the result of the war. The Crimean War should not only be evaluated in militarian and political aspect, but also from other perspectives. One of the most important problems for the allied armies in Istanbul and Crimea was related to the health concepts. During the two years long war, problems were the freezing cold and contagious diseases before the Russian soldiers. And thypus, scorbut, cholera and malaria prepears the dead of a large number of soldiers. Although the allied armies won the battle but all the sides fighting in the was lost many people due to contagious diseases. According to the resources, the contagious diseases such as, thypus, cholera and malaria led to the deads of more than ten times of the people who were in the battle field. Thats why, The European armies understood the importance of the treatment diseases in the war and gave importance to the development of military medical services and form this point, the Crimean War became the begining of an important development in military health concept.
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- Oya Dağlar
- Istanbul Bilgi Universitesi Oğretim Görevlisi
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Bakir B, Hacim AK, Güleç M, Ozer M, Hasde M. The quality of groundwater for certain chemicals in military fields in Ankara. Mil Med 2003; 168:1007-10. [PMID: 14719626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to determine the quality of groundwater for certain chemicals from all wells for the military units in Ankara (the capital city of Turkey) to evaluate special situations like a nuclear, biological, and chemical attack. METHOD The quality of underground water has been evaluated chemically by examining 34 different water specimens. Various chemical parameters and heavy metals have been assessed in these samples by using an ion meter and atomic absorption spectrophotometer. RESULTS Nitrate and chloride have been assessed at a higher rate with the levels exceeding maximum contaminant levels. Mercury, arsenic, aluminum, iron, conductivity, and salinity have also had levels exceeding maximum contaminant levels for each of them according to the levels set by the World Health Organization. CONCLUSION This study has given us some powerful clues that underground water in Ankara is at a growing risk to be contaminated mainly with nitrate and chloride. Although more detailed investigations are necessary for a better evaluation, it is clear that preventive measures should be implemented or improved.
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- Bilal Bakir
- Public Health Department, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Sağliği, Ankara, Turkey
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Chizh IM, Lar'kov AA, Shelepov AM, Rusev IT. [Results of the medical support for the troops in the contra-terrorist operation of 1999-2002 in Northern Caucasus]. Voen Med Zh 2003; 324:4-12. [PMID: 14671888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Erkoç S, Kazancigil A. [A list of health officers of Ottoman Army died during the first World War between 1914-1917]. Tip Tarihi Arastirmalari 2002; 10:72-88. [PMID: 12162314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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In this paper, the names of military healther officers martyred during first world war, which were listed in "Emraz-i Akliye ve Asabiye Müsamereleri", the first Turkish Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry published by Mazhar Osman, were reviewed and compared with other lists.
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Ivashchenko IK. [The Medical Service of the Siberian Military District in World War II]. Voen Med Zh 2002; 323:96-9. [PMID: 12073852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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Ritchie EC. Issues for military women in deployment: an overview. Mil Med 2001; 166:1033-7. [PMID: 11778398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
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The stresses of deployment affect both sexes, but some are either mildly or markedly different for women. These include certain female health and gynecological issues, nursing, and pregnancy. Separation from small children, isolation, the possibility of sexual assault, and risks of combat or being taken hostage are concerns for both genders. All of these issues should be addressed before and during deployment to ensure optimal individual and unit functioning and improve retention. Gynecological infections, redeployment for abnormal Papanicolaou smears, and pregnancy while on deployment can be avoided with proper hygiene and planning. There are resources available in pamphlet form, electronically, and on CD-ROM to help prepare service members, leaders, and health care personnel. Improvements in the ability to maintain personal hygiene and to communicate home should benefit both sexes.
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- E C Ritchie
- Department of Defense/Health Affairs, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Skyline 5, Suite 601, Falls Church, VA 22041, USA
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Paselli L. [Not Available]. Spagna Contemp 2001:31-66. [PMID: 11638804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Javashchev S. [Not Available]. Asklepii 2001; 11:163-5. [PMID: 11624528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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Jesman C, Jezierski Z, Bukowski J. [Not Available]. Arch Hist Filoz Med 2001; 62:543-58. [PMID: 11625787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Miloshev B. [Not Available]. Asklepii 2001; 11:166-9. [PMID: 11624529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Parallel with military physicians in Bulgarian army working and the military orthodox clergy. It is very important factor for success activity soldier's conscious. The author consider, that religious spirit is necessary for soldier and commander. The Moscow's newspaper "Russian world" publish on 23 January, 1913 interview by D-r Socolevsky with military epidemiologist prof. Kraws were the professor said: "The chaplains much help me in the control over the cholera, especially near Chataldga 1912-1913. They saved Bulgaria army from the cholera, this terribly whip." The physicians Sikarsky, Goldmier,Stamatov and others write that the chaplains execute his duty as exemplary hospitals. Command of the military clergy during the period 1912-1918 is Velikoturnovo's bishop losiv (1870-1918). He become ill on the front.
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- G C Cook
- Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, London NW1 2BE, UK
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Mel'nichenko PI, Zholus BI, Makhnenko AA, Merkushev IA. [Military ecology and military hygiene: the concept of an interaction]. Voen Med Zh 2000; 321:68-72, 96. [PMID: 10929522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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At the modern level of society development, on the one hand its Armed Forces are the object that requires the defense from unfavourable effect of environmental factors, on the other hand they are potential source of ecology worsening. The problem of ensuring ecological safety in the army and navy becomes urgent. In order to solve this problem first of all it is necessary to develop the conceptual bases of military ecology. Among all medical sciences the military hygiene by purpose, tasks, subject and objects is the most close to military ecology.
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Bai Y, Nie J, Chen Q, Wang H, Rui Y, Li J, Yu S. [An epidemiological study on acute diarrhea during a filed exercise in PLA unit in an area in southern China]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2000; 21:88-90. [PMID: 11860761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the epidemiological characteristics and risk factors of acute diarrheal disease during a filed exercise. METHODS Epidemiological study of a certain artillery acute diarrheal disease during a filed exercise and multiple linear stepwise regression analysis, multiple stepwise discriminate analysis were used. RESULTS Result showed that the incidence rate of training troops was significantly higher than that of the local troops at the corresponding period (7.32% vs 0.98% P<0.05). The incidence rate among officers was significantly lower than that of the soldiers (0.99% vs 8.20% P<0.05). The incidence rate was significantly higher at the beginning of assemble for training but smooth and steady afterwards with several outbreaks. There was highly significant difference in the incidence rate of 39 companies. Regression and discrimination analysis suggested that the incidence rate was correlated with the density of flies and average boiled water volume provided everyday. The correct classifying rate of the discrimination was 91.9% in total. CONCLUSION These results provided a basis for prevention of acute diarrheal disease during filed exercise of military action.
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- Y Bai
- Nan Fang Hospial, The First Military Medicine University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Lopatin SA, Mukhin AP, Chermianin SV, Shul'ga AL. [The ethical-psychological and hygienic aspects in the cleanup of the aftermath of catastrophes]. Voen Med Zh 2000; 321:23-7. [PMID: 10870442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Khozhenko VA. [Assessing the health of servicemen]. Voen Med Zh 1999; 320:47-9. [PMID: 10524001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Sokolovskiĭ NA, Nebredovskiĭ VN, Abrosimov DV. [The 80th anniversary of the Epidemiological Health Unit of the Leningrad Military District]. Voen Med Zh 1998; 319:83-4. [PMID: 9849095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Liubimskiĭ NN. [Terminology in preventive medicine]. Voen Med Zh 1998; 319:24-7. [PMID: 9793445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Erten-Unal M, Gelderloos AB, Hughes JS. A toxicity reduction evaluation for an oily waste treatment plant exhibiting episodic effluent toxicity. Sci Total Environ 1998; 218:141-152. [PMID: 9753789 DOI: 10.1016/s0048-9697(98)00208-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A Toxicity Reduction Evaluation (TRE) was conducted on the oily wastewater treatment plant (Plant) at a Naval Fuel Depot. The Plant treats ship and ballast wastes, berm water from fuel storage areas and wastes generated in the fuel reclamation plant utilizing physical/chemical treatment processes. In the first period of the project (Period I), the TRE included chemical characterization of the plant wastewaters, monitoring the final effluent for acute toxicity and a thorough evaluation of each treatment process and Plant operating procedures. Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) procedures were performed as part of the overall TRE to characterize and identify possible sources of toxicity. Several difficulties were encountered because the effluent was saline, test organisms were marine species and toxicity was sporadic and unpredictable. The treatability approach utilizing enhancements, improved housekeeping, and operational changes produced substantial reductions in the acute toxicity of the final effluent. In the second period (Period II), additional acute toxicity testing and chemical characterization were performed through the Plant to assess the long-term effects of major unit process improvements for the removal of toxicity. The TIE procedures were also modified for saline wastewaters to focus on suspected class of toxicants such as surfactants. The TRE was successful in reducing acute toxicity of the final effluent through process improvements and operational modifications. The results indicated that the cause of toxicity was most likely due to combination of pollutants (matrix effect) rather than a single pollutant.
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- M Erten-Unal
- Old Dominion University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Norfolk, VA 23529-0241, USA
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Kozovenko MN, Koloskov VV, Radysh IF, Hul'ko VM. [The founder of medical tactics ( military hygiene) (on the 120th anniversary of the birth and the 55th anniversary of the death of brigade physician Pavlo Illich Tymofiïvs'kiĭ)]. Lik Sprava 1998:163-6. [PMID: 9793343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Mel'nichenko PI. [Epidemiological health surveillance among the troops during combat operations in armed conflicts]. Voen Med Zh 1997; 318:13-8, 78. [PMID: 9424808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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With local wars and armed conflicts the sanitary-epidemiological situation for the troops and local population shows a tendency to worsen. The main objects of the military medical service at the period of deployment are the preventive measures against troops infection from local sources by virus hepatitis A, bacterial dysentery, typhoid, cholera etc. As a rule, combat actions result in communal service destruction, low quality of potable water, soil contamination and worsening sanitary norms and standards. Also, there is a danger of reactivation of the natural centres of infection due to large-scale defence earthworks in the region of operations. The experience of the military medical service in Afghanistan and Chechnya proves, that a multimedia approach to preventive antiepidemic measures is necessary together with the emphasis on the most important actions against infections that represent the biggest danger for the land troops.
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Akimkin VG. [The structure of hospital infections in large hospitals]. Voen Med Zh 1997; 318:42-46. [PMID: 9148580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Ian'shin LA. [The social hygiene problems in preventing military job-related traumatism]. Voen Med Zh 1997; 318:50-3. [PMID: 9148582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Greben'kov SV, Zholus BI. [The hygienic aspects of supporting the safe activities of living for servicemen and their family members in a radioactively contaminated area]. Voen Med Zh 1996; 317:25-31. [PMID: 8984779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Zhiliaev EG, Vorontsov IV, Epishkin AK, Grenkova GK. [The role of preventive medicine in the system of ecological support for the Armed Forces]. Voen Med Zh 1996; 317:7-9. [PMID: 8754047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Gavriutin VM, Padalko SV, Sorochkin AI. [The ecological hygienic assessment of radio engineering equipment as sources of electromagnetic radiations]. Voen Med Zh 1995:62-7. [PMID: 8533367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Dolgov II, Mikhaĭliuk VI. [The problems of sanitary toxicological monitoring in the armed forces]. Voen Med Zh 1995:14-5. [PMID: 7571504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Masalin IM, Khozhenko VA. [The concept of epidemiological health well-being in the Armed Forces]. Voen Med Zh 1995:45-7. [PMID: 7725656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Zakharchenko MP, Davidenko TV. [The hygienic diagnosis of the soil under current conditions]. Voen Med Zh 1994:59-62. [PMID: 7825291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Chizh IM. [A priceless contribution to the theory and practice of military public health]. Voen Med Zh 1994:4-10, 80. [PMID: 7825285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The article is dedicated to the outstanding figure in national medicine--colonel-general MD E.I. Smirnov (1904-1989), the Hero of Socialist Labour, member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, who was the Head of the Main Military Sanitary Department of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic war, and the Minister of Health of the USSR in the post-war period. The main attention of the author is drawn on the contribution of E.I. Smirnov to the development of military medicine. The article makes a detailed analysis of the role of E. Smirnov in the development and practical implementation of military medical doctrine and the antiepidemic support system during the years of the Great Patriotic War, as well as his contribution for organizational arrangement of field therapy as an independent scientific discipline and as a subject of study in the system of medical education; his merits in organization of specialized medical care; formation of an institution of senior medical specialists; reforms in military medical education. The article contains many concrete examples which characterize a celebrated personality of E.I. Smirnov and his leadership qualities.
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Kovalev VK, Kopovoĭ NS, Esikov MM. [The use in health surveillance of programmable microcomputers for calculating the energy-flow density of a UHF field]. Voen Med Zh 1994:40-42. [PMID: 8091719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Romanov VA, Alfimov VN, Gud VA. [The work of the epidemiological health laboratory of the Black Sea Fleet in World War II]. Voen Med Zh 1994:70-2. [PMID: 8165801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Chalyĭ NN, Bazhenov VG. [Experience with the health and hygiene and epidemic control support for the troops and the population under extreme situations (a review of the literature)]. Voen Med Zh 1994:14-7. [PMID: 8165786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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McHugh CP. Distributional records for Aedes mosquitoes from the U.S. Air Force ovitrapping program-1992. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 1993; 9:352-355. [PMID: 8245948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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During 1992, ovitrapping to sample populations of container-breeding Aedes was conducted at 28 U.S. Air Force installations in North America. Aedes albopictus was collected at 19 installations. The collections of Ae. albopictus at Goodfellow Air Force base (AFB), TX, and Moody AFB, GA, represent new records for Tom Green and Lowndes counties, respectively. Six installations were positive for Ae. aegypti; 13 were positive for Aedes triseriatus.
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- C P McHugh
- Occupational and Environmental Health Directorate, Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks Air Force Base, TX 78235
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