Gulf War and Health, Volume 1
Subtitle: Depleted Uranium, Pyridostigmine Bromide, Sarin, Vaccines
Contributors: Carolyn E. Fulco (Editor); Catharyn T. Liverman (Editor); Harold C. Sox (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: December 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9790309071788
Subjects: Popular medicine; Environmental Toxicology; Military Medicine; History; History - General History; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Iraq; Kuwait; Epidemiology; Middle East - General; Public Health; Health Care Delivery; Military - Persian Gulf War (1991); Diseases; Health aspects; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Persian Gulf syndrome; United States; Veterans
Description: Although the Gulf War lasted but a few days, many combat troops have suffered lingering health problems that they attribute to their wartime service. In an effort to respond to the health concerns of veterans and their families, the Department of Veterans Affairs contracted with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to study the scientific evidence concerning associations between agents to which Gulf War veterans may have been exposed and adverse health effects. These are the reports from those studies.