Gulf War and health depleted uranium, sarin, pyridostigmine bromide, vaccines volume 1
The men and women who served in the Gulf War theater were potentially exposed to a wide range of biological and chemical agents. Gulf War and Health: Volume 1 assesses the scientific literature concerning the association between these agents and the adverse health effects currently experienced by a...
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Washington, DC
National Academies Press
2000
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Table of Contents:
- Executive Summary; Introduction; Addressing Gulf War Health Issues; The Gulf War Setting; Scope of the Report; Organization of the Report; Illnesses in Gulf War Veterans; Registry Programs; Epidemiologic Studies of Veterans' Symptoms and General Health Status; Epidemiologic Studies of Specific Health Endpoints; Limitations of Past Studies and Ongoing Studies; Conclusions; Methodology; Methods of Gathering and Evaluating the Evidence; Types of Evidence; Considerations in Assessing the Strength of the Evidence; Summary of the Evidence; Comments on Increased Risk of Adverse Health Outcomes among Gulf War Veterans; Depleted Uranium; Toxicology; Epidemiologic Studies: Description of the Studies; Human Health Effects of Uranium; Conclusions; Sarin; Acute Sarin Toxicology; Possible U.S. Troop Exposure; Sarin Toxicology; Cyclosarin Toxicology; Summary of Toxicology; Human Studies; Conclusions; Pyridostigmine Bromide; Toxicology; Human Studies; Conclusion; Vaccines; Issues in Identifying Adverse Effects; Anthrax Vaccine; Botulinum Toxoid; Multiple Vaccinations; Squalene; Conclusions; Research Recommendations; Depleted Uranium; Sarin; Pyridostigmine Bromide; Vaccines; Appendixes; A Scientific Workshop Agenda; B Public Meeting Agendas; C Methods of Identifying and Collecting Literature; D Gulf War Illnesses and Recognizing New Diseases; E Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticides in Humans; F Acronyms and Abbreviations; Index