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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Patricia H. Passman, director of the occupational and environmental health office of force safety and occupational health for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shares some observations as part of the wrap-up session for the fourth annual Department of Defense Blast Summit, held at the River’s Edge Community Center at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads-Portsmouth Annex, Virginia, July 16-18. The summit, hosted by Defense Health Agency-Public Health, provided a platform to discuss some of the latest DOD and service research and approaches focused on understanding the full lifecycle of service member exposure to blast overpressure, or BOP, and injury. (Defense Health Agency-Public Health photo by Doug Holl)

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DOD Blast Summit Brings Together Public Health, Safety Experts to Address Blast Overpressure Concerns [Image 1 of 2]

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