Gulf War and Health

The third in a series of congressionally mandated reports on Gulf War veterans' 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. Table of Contents


Front Matter
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
2 Considerations in Indentifying and Evaluating the Literature
3 Uncombusted Fuels and Combustion Products: Background Information
4 Cancer
5 Respiratory Outcomes
6 Cardiovascular Disease
7 Reproductive and Developmental Outcomes
8 Other Health Outcomes
9 Hydrazines and Nitric Acid
Appendix A: Conclusions from Gulf War and Health Volumes 1 and 2
Appendix B: Literature Searches
Appendix C: Types of Epidemiologic Studies
Appendix D: Descriptive Tables of Cancer Studies
Index