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The process of assessment of individual exposures to various substances by measuring the parent compound or its metabolites in biological media (e.g., in biologic tissues and fluids, blood, urine, hair, and breath) from exposed individuals.
The movement of forces into and out of an operational area.
A military operation that is either designated by the Secretary of Defense as a contingency operation or becomes a contingency operation as a matter of law (Title 10, United States Code, Section 101[a][13]).
Includes the land area, internal waters, territorial sea, and airspace of the United States, including a. United States territories; and b. Other areas over which the United States Government has complete jurisdiction and control or has exclusive authority or defense responsibility.
Anticipating, predicting, identifying, preventing, and controlling illnesses, injuries, communicable diseases (including vector-, food- and water-borne diseases), and diseases due to exposure to occupational and environmental health hazards. It includes disciplines such as epidemiology, clinical preventive medicine, occupational medicine, industrial...
Unclassified and publically-releasable OEH monitoring summaries (e.g., noise, thermal stress, airborne pollutants, soil and water contaminants, incidents, and infectious diseases) that identify location specific OEH hazards and population based health risks. POEMS provide estimated exposures, assessment of whether estimated exposures are acceptable ...
Injury or degradation of functional capability sustained by personnel, caused by disease and non-battle injury or by enemy action.
Overarching term that includes both food safety and food defense.
The geographical area associated with a combatant command within which a geographic combatant commander has authority to plan and conduct operations.
A combination of policies, procedures, and practices that when collectively employed in an operational environment reduces the traumatic injury and disease risks posed by feral animals (free-roaming animals, usually a domestic species with no apparent owner).
The regular or repeated collection, analysis, archiving, interpretation, and dissemination of occupational and environmental health-related data for monitoring the health of, or potential health hazard impact on, a population and individual personnel, and for intervening in a timely manner to prevent, treat, or control the occurrence of disease or injury ...
Health-related activities and measures that are undertaken to assess and minimize health risks associated with deployment. Activities encompass the regular collection, analysis, interpretation, recording, archiving, and distribution of health-related data used for monitoring the health of individuals or a deployed population, and for intervening in ...
The electronic medical record system used by the DOD; specifically, the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application or its successor.
Documents the OEH conditions found at a site (e.g., deployment site such as a base camp, bivouac site or outpost, main operating base or forward operating site, enduring location, or contingency location) beginning at or near the time it is first occupied by U.S. forces, and updated as high risk hazards are identified. The assessment, done by Servic...
The electronic or hard copy medical record system used by the DOD to capture all veterinary medical and dental health care documentation. The electronic system is the VSSM or its successor.
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