The third in a series of congressionally mandated reports on Gulf War veteransa (TM) health, this volume evaluates the long-term, human health effects associated with exposure to selected environmental agents, pollutants, and synthetic chemical compounds believed to have been present during the Gulf War. The committee specifically evaluated the literature on hydrogen sulfide, combustion products, hydrazine and red fuming nitric acid. Both the epidemiologic and toxicologic literature were reviewed.
Committee on Gulf War and Health, Literature Review of Selected Environmental Particulates, Pollutants, and Synthetic Chemical Compounds
1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Considerations in Indentifying and Evaluating the Literature; 5 3 Uncombusted Fuels and Combustion Products: Background Information; 6 4 Cancer; 7 5 Respiratory Outcomes; 8 6 Cardiovascular Disease; 9 7 Reproductive and Developmental Outcomes; 10 8 Other Health Outcomes; 11 9 Hydrazines and Nitric Acid; 12 Appendix A: Conclusions from Gulf War and Health Volumes 1 and 2; 13 Appendix B: Literature Searches; 14 Appendix C: Types of Epidemiologic Studies; 15 Appendix D: Descriptive Tables of Cancer Studies; 16 Index
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Medicine, and Families Board on Children, Youth, Steve Olson
Institute of Medicine, Board on the Health of Select Populations, and Transgender Health Issues and Research Gaps and Opportunities Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Division of International Health
Institute of Medicine, Committee to Develop Methods Useful to the Department of Veteran Affairs in Estimating Its Physician Requirements, Joseph Lipscomb
Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Committee on Gulf War and Health: Brain Injury in Veterans and Long-Term Health Outcomes
Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee on Health Effects Associated with Exposures During the Gulf War, Harold C. Sox, Catharyn T. Liverman, Carolyn E. Fulco
Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Committee on Gulf War and Health: A Review of the Medical Literature Relative to the Gulf War Veterans' Health
Institute of Medicine, Board on the Health of Select Populations, Update 2009 Committee on Gulf War and Health: Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War
Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee on Gulf War and Health: Literature Review of Pesticides and Solvents