Title Gulf War and health : updated literature review of depleted uranium / Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium, Board of Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2008]
	©2008

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 271 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction. Summary of findings in the section on depleted uranium in Gulf War and Health, vol. 1.9 -- The Department of Veterans Affairs request for this study -- The committee's task -- Organization of this report -- Background. Uses of depleted uranium -- Exposure of military personnel to depleted uranium -- Radiologic and chemical effects of exposure to depleted uranium -- Dose-response modeling and risk assessment -- Toxicology. Summary of previous report -- Toxicokinetics -- Toxicity studies -- Application of the toxicologic data -- Methodology. Information-gathering strategy -- Principal objectives of epidemiologic studies -- Factors influencing the relevance and quality of studies -- Epidemiologic-study designs -- Inclusion criteria -- Rationale for not including studies of uranium miners -- Categories of strength of association -- Exposure assessment. Estimation of exposure to depleted uranium during the Gulf War -- Exposure-monitoring methods -- Clinical end points of interest. Cancer outcomes -- Noncancer outcomes -- Cohort descriptions. Uranium-processing cohorts -- Depleted-uranium studies -- Environmental-exposure studies.
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Subject	Depleted uranium -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
	Depleted uranium.
	United States.
	Depleted uranium -- Health aspects -- United States.
	Persian Gulf syndrome -- United States.
	Persian Gulf syndrome.
	Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Health aspects -- United States.
	Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Veterans -- Diseases -- United States.
	Post-traumatic stress disorder -- United States.
	Post-traumatic stress disorder.
	Uranium enrichment -- By-products.
	Uranium enrichment -- By-products.
	Armed Conflicts.
	Uranium.
	Military Personnel.
	Environmental Exposure.
	United States.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium.
Other Form:	Print version: Gulf War and health. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2008 0309119197 (DLC) 2009275009 (OCoLC)243822751
ISBN	0309119200 (electronic book)
	9780309119207 (electronic book)
	0309119197
	9780309119191

Title Gulf War and health : updated literature review of depleted uranium / Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium, Board of Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

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