Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium

by Committee on Gulf War and Health and Institute of Medicine

The 1991 Persian Gulf War was considered a brief and successful military operation with few injuries and deaths. A large number of returning veterans, however, soon began reporting health problems that they believed to be associated with their service in the gulf. Under a Congressional mandate, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is reviewing a wide array of biologic, chemical, and physical agents to determine if exposure to these agents may be responsible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309119197
• ISBN13: 9780309119191
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 284 Pages