Gulf War and Health: Volume 8: Update of Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War

by Board on the Health of Select Populations, Committee on Gulf War and Health, Institute of Medicine

For the United States, the 1991 Persian Gulf War was a brief and successful military operation with few injuries and deaths. However, soon after returning from duty, a large number of veterans began reporting health problems they believed were associated with their service in the Gulf. At the request of Congress, the IOM is conducting an ongoing review of the evidence to determine veterans' long-term health problems and what might be causing those...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309149215
• ISBN13: 9780309149211
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 2.52 lbs.