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This is a list of publications from the Health Outcomes Military Exposures program office.  

There is a link to the abstract for a publication when available.

Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom Veterans

  • Disaggregating Data Regarding Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts Among Post-9/11 Asian American and Pacific Islander Veterans.
    Monteith, LL, Forster, JE, Holliday, R., Miller, C, Bahraini, NH, Akhtar, FZ, Schneiderman, AI, Brenner, LA, & Hoffmire, CA. 
    Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion. 2024.
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Gulf War Veterans

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Vietnam War Veterans

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Women Vietnam War Veterans

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Suicide Risk


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    Radiation exposure

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    Mustard gas exposure

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    Jet Fuels

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    Military Working Dogs

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    Methodology, summary, or other 

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    Depleted Uranium

    • Using SPIROLA in Medical Surveillance of Occupationally-Exposed Workers at Risk for Respiratory System Impairment.
      Hines SE, Weiler B, Gaitens J, McDiarmid MA.
      EC Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine 2019; 8.11: 53-60.
    • Determination of 236U/235U isotope ratios in human urine by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
      Gray PJ, Zhang L, XU H, McDiarmid MA, Squibb KS, Centeno JA.
      Microchemical Journal 2012; 105: 94-100.
    • Kipen H, McDiarmid MA.
      Persian Gulf War syndrome. In William N. Rom. Environmental and Occupational Medicine. 4th Ed. Chapter 120.
      New York: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. 2005.
    • Invited Editorial: Depleted uranium and public health.
      McDiarmid MA.
      BMJ 2001; 322:123-124.
    • Long-term follow-up of urinary determinations in depleted uranium exposed Gulf War veterans.
      McDiarmid MA, Squibb K, Hooper FJ.
      Eur Journal Oncology 2000; 5 (suppl. 2):39- 43.
    • Surveillance of depleted uranium exposed Gulf War veterans: Assessment of an under characterized toxicant.
      McDiarmid MA, McPhaul K, Hooper FJ, Keogh JP.
      Eur Journal Oncology 1998; 3:375-378.

      Depleted Uranium Methods Development

        Toxicological Reviews

        • Carcinogenicity of cobalt, antimony compounds, and weapons-grade tungsten alloy.
          Karagas MR, Wang A, Dorman DC, Hall AL, Pi J, Sergi CM, Symanski E, Ward EM, Arrandale VH, Azuma K, Brambila E, Calaf GM, Fritz JM, Fukushima S, Gaitens JM, Grimsrud TK, Guo L, Lynge E, Marinho-Reis AP, McDiarmid MA, Middleton DRS, Ong TP, Polya DA, Quintanilla-Vega B, Roberts GK, Santonen T, Sauni R, Silva MJ, Wild P, Zhang CW, Zhang Q, Grosse Y, Benbrahim-Tallaa L, de Conti A, DeBono NL, El Ghissassi F, Madia F, Reisfeld B, Stayner LT, Suonio E, Viegas S, Wedekind R, Ahmadi S, Mattock H, Gwinn WM, Schubauer-Berigan MK.
          Lancet Oncol. 2022; 23 (5): 577-578.
        • Gaitens JM, McDiarmid MA, Squibb KS, Condon M, Hoffman JF, Kalinich JF. Uranium and Thorium.
          Chapter 55. In: Patty’s Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Seventh Edition, edited by D. Paustenbach, W. Farland, and J. Klaunig. New York, John Wiley & Sons. 2023.
        • McDiarmid MA, Squibb K.
          Uranium and thorium. In Patty’s Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. 5th Ed. John Wiley and Sons Inc, NY, NY. 2001. pp 381-422.

        Toxic Embedded Fragment Surveillance Center

        • Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary physiologic outcomes among Post-9/11 Veterans with blast exposure.
          Glick DR, Gaitens JM, Brown CH, McDiarmid MA, Reback M, Chin KH, Cavanaugh KL, Lawson WE, Sriram P, Beck L, Duch J, Aguayo SM, Permana P, Hines SE.
          Frontiers in Public Health Occupational Health and Safety. 2025.
        • Toxic Embedded Fragment Registry: Lessons Learned. In C.P. Baird and D.K. Harkins (eds.), Airborne Hazards Related to Deployment (pp. 245-252).
          Fort Sam Houston Texas: Borden Institute US Army Medical Department Center and School and Falls Church Virginia: Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army. 2015.
          Gaitens, JM and McDiarmid MA.
        • Embedded Metal Fragments.
          Kalinich JF, Vane EA, Centeno JA, Gaitens J, Squibb KS, McDiarmid MA, Kasper CE.
          Annu Rev Nurs Res 2014; 32(1): 63-78.
        • Using a Public Health Registry to Conduct Medical Surveillance: the Case of Toxic Embedded Fragments in U.S. Military Veterans.
          Gaitens, J., Dorsey, C.D., McDiarmid, MA.
          European Journal of Oncology 2010; 15(2): 77-89.
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