Gulf War and health
Subtitle: Long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury
By: Committee on Gulf War and Health: Brain Injury in Veterans and Long-term Health Outcomes, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Contributors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9780309124096; 9780309124089
Subjects: Mental health; Diseases; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Brain; Health; Medicine; Military; Wounds and injuries; HISTORY; Veterans; Persian Gulf syndrome; Armed forces
Other titles: Long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: preface; title: summary; title: 1 introduction; title: 2 biology of traumatic brain injury; title: 3 epidemiology of adult traumatic brain injury; title: 4 considerations in identifying and evaluating the literature; title: 5 major cohort studies; title: 6 neurocognitive outcomes; title: 7 neurologic outcomes; title: 8 psychiatric outcomes; title: 9 social functioning; title: 10 other health outcomes; title: 11 conclusions and recommendations; title: index