Gulf War and health : updated literature review of sarin / Committee on Gulf War and Health ; Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Sarin.

National Academies Press (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Persian Gulf War, 1991--Health aspects.

Persian Gulf War, 1991.

Toxicology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (132 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Gulf War in 1990-1991 was considered a brief and successful military operation, with few injuries or deaths of US troops. The war began in August 1990, and the last US ground troops returned home by June 1991. Although most Gulf War veterans resumed their normal activities, many soon began reporting a variety of nonexplained health problems that they attributed to their participation in the Gulf War, including chronic fatigue, muscle and joint pain, loss of concentration, forgetfulness, headache, and rash. Because of concerns about the veterans' health problems, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) review the scientific and medical literature on the long-term adverse health effects of agents to which the Gulf War veterans may have been exposed. This report is a broad overview of the toxicology of sarin and cyclosarin. It assesses the biologic plausibility with respect to the compounds in question and health effects.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Toxicology""; ""3 Human Health Outcome Studies""; ""4 Conclusions""; ""Appendix Organophosphorus Insecticides""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786610175895

9780309165778

0309165776

9781280175893

1280175893

9780309545082

0309545080

OCLC:

923269638