Gulf War and Health
Volume 3: Fuels, Combustion Products, and Propellants
Seiten
2005
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-09527-3 (ISBN)
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-09527-3 (ISBN)
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. This title reviews the literature on hydrogen sulfide, combustion products, hydrazine and red fuming nitric acid.
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
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
Committee on Gulf War and Health, Literature Review of Selected Environmental Particulates, Pollutants, and Synthetic Chemical Compounds
1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Considerations in Indentifying and Evaluating the Literature; 5 3 Uncombusted Fuels and Combustion Products: Background Information; 6 4 Cancer; 7 5 Respiratory Outcomes; 8 6 Cardiovascular Disease; 9 7 Reproductive and Developmental Outcomes; 10 8 Other Health Outcomes; 11 9 Hydrazines and Nitric Acid; 12 Appendix A: Conclusions from Gulf War and Health Volumes 1 and 2; 13 Appendix B: Literature Searches; 14 Appendix C: Types of Epidemiologic Studies; 15 Appendix D: Descriptive Tables of Cancer Studies; 16 Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.10.2005 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Washington |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 279 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Klinische Umweltmedizin | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-309-09527-1 / 0309095271 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-309-09527-3 / 9780309095273 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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