Gulf War and health
For the United States, the 1991 Persian Gulf War was a brief and successful military operation with few injuries and deaths. However, soon after returning from duty, a large number of veterans began reporting health problems they believed were associated with their service in the Gulf. At the reques...
| Summary: | For the United States, the 1991 Persian Gulf War was a brief and successful military operation with few injuries and deaths. However, soon after returning from duty, a large number of veterans began reporting health problems they believed were associated with their service in the Gulf. At the request of Congress, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has been conducting an ongoing review of the evidence to determine veterans' long-term health problems and potential causes. The fourth volume in the series, released in 2006, summarizes the long-term health problems seen in Gulf War veterans. In 2010, the IOM released an update that focuses on existing health problems and identifies possible new ones, considering evidence collected since the initial summary. Gulf War and Health: Volume 10, the final volume of the series, is an update of the scientific and medical literature on the health effects associated with deployment to the Gulf War that were identified in Volumes 4 and 8. This report reviews and evaluates the associations between illness and exposure to toxic agents, environmental or wartime hazards, or preventive measures and vaccines associated with Gulf War service, and provides recommendations for future research efforts on Gulf War veterans 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 |
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| Item Description: | Vol. <3>: "Committee on Gulf War and Health: Literature Review of Selected Environmental Particulates, Pollutants, and Synthetic Chemical Compounds.". - Vol. 4: "Committee on Gulf War and Health: a Review of the Medical Literature Relative to the GUlf War Veterans' Health; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.". - Vol. 6: "Committee on Gulf War and Health: Physiologic, Psychologic, and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress.". - Vol. <3> has statement of responsibility: Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. - Vols. <4-6> have statements of responsibility: Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. - Vol. <7> has statement of responsibility: Committee on Gulf War and Health: Brain Injury in Veterans and Long-Term Outcomes, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. - Vol. [8a] has statement of responsibility: Committee on Gulf War and Health: Treatment for Chronic Multisymptom Illness. - Vol. <9> has statement of responsibility: Committee on Gulf War and Health: Long-Term Effects of Blast Exposures, Board on the Health of Select Populations, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. - Vol. [8a] lacks numbering. - Vol.<10> has statement of responsibility: Deborah Cory-Slechta, Roberta Wedge [editors] ; Committee on Gulf War and Health, Volume 10: Update of Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War ; Board on the Health of Select Populations ; Institute of Medicine ; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
| Physical Description: | v. <1-9> 23-29 cm |
| ISBN: | 0309124085 9780309657068 030910176X 0309478235 030907178X 0309267641 9780309101066 030908458X 9780309071789 0309101778 9780309084581 0309149215 9780309101776 0309101069 9780309478236 0309657067 9780309124089 0309124093 9780309101769 9780309267649 0309095271 9780309149211 9780309278027 9780309380416 9780309095273 0309380413 0309278023 |