Gulf War And Health: Fuels, Combustion Products And Propellants (Vol. III)

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.

• 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