Gulf War and Health: Volume 3: Fuels, Combustion Products, and Propellants

Gulf War and Health: Volume 3: Fuels, Combustion Products, and Propellants
ISBN-10
0309095271
ISBN-13
9780309095273
Series
Gulf War and Health
Category
Medical
Pages
517
Language
English
Published
2005-10-28
Publisher
National Academies Press
Authors
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee on Gulf War and Health: Literature Review of Selected Environmental Particulates

Description

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.

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