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PAPERBACK price:$25.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Adequacy of the VA Persian Gulf Registry and Uniform Case Assessment Protocol Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War:Recommendations for Research and Information Systems Other Related Titles Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War: Initial Findings and Recommendations for Immediate Action (1995) Institute of Medicine (IOM) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Appendix A: Putative Outcomes of Exposure." Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War: Initial Findings and Recommendations for Immediate Action. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1995. Please select a format: Page 69   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. A Putative Outcomes and Exposures PUTATIVE OUTCOMES Adverse pregnancy outcomes Amenorrhea Cancer Chronic fatigue syndrome Chronic respiratory effects Depression or post-traumatic stress disorder Excess or early mortality Infertility Joint pain Memory loss Multiple chemical sensitivities "Mystery Illness," "Gulf War Syndrome" PUTATIVE EXPOSURES Chemical warfare, biological warfare Depleted uranium Infectious tropical diseases—such as leishmaniasis Microwaves Multiple chemical exposures Page 69 Front Matter (R1-R10) Introduction (1-6) Findings and Recommendations (7-17) Background (18-62) References (63-68) Appendix A: Putative Outcomes of Exposure (69-70) Appendix B: Invited Presentations (71-72) Appendix C: Portions of PL 102-25, PL 102-190, and PL 102-585 (73-79) Appendix D: Meetings of the IOM Committee (80-81) Appendix E: Activities (as of September 1994) Related to Potential Health Consequences of Service in the Persian Gulf (82-87) Appendix F: Timeline of Relevant Events (88-90) Acronyms (91-93)

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Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War: Initial Findings and Recommendations for Immediate Action A Putative Outcomes and Exposures PUTATIVE OUTCOMES Adverse pregnancy outcomes Amenorrhea Cancer Chronic fatigue syndrome Chronic respiratory effects Depression or post-traumatic stress disorder Excess or early mortality Infertility Joint pain Memory loss Multiple chemical sensitivities "Mystery Illness," "Gulf War Syndrome" PUTATIVE EXPOSURES Chemical warfare, biological warfare Depleted uranium Infectious tropical diseases—such as leishmaniasis Microwaves Multiple chemical exposures

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Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War: Initial Findings and Recommendations for Immediate Action Oil well fires Pesticides Petrochemicals—diesel fuels/tent heaters Physical strain Pyridostigmine Rape or sexual harassment Stress Vaccination, inoculations, medications

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