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ArticleRand health quarterly2024

Lessons from 9/11 for Supporting Veterans Exposed to Military Environmental Hazards: Veterans' Issues in Focus.

Ramya Chari, Heather Marie Salazar, Lauren Skrabala

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Article in Rand health quarterly, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ramya Chari
Heather Marie Salazar
Lauren Skrabala

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to environmental hazards exacerbates the risks inherent in military service, but many veterans do not experience the health consequences until many years later. The 2022 Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act tasked the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs with streamlining benefits and health care eligibility for certain veterans who have been exposed to military hazards. However, questions and concerns remain about the equitability, scientific robustness, and timeliness of the associated decisionmaking processes. There are opportunities to use structures from existing programs-specifically, the World Trade Center Health Program-as a template to improve engagement with veterans and their families, caregivers, providers, and advocates to ensure that their experiences and needs are heard, understood, and an integral part of the PACT Act's implementation.

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Environmental PollutionGulf War IllnessVeterans Health Care

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PMID39346103
PMCPMC11425928

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