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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 . "Acronyms." 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 91   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. Acronyms ACGIH — American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists AChE — anticholinesterases AFRRI — Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute AR — Army regulation ARCOM — Army Reserve Command BaP — benzo-a-pyrene BIRLS — Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem CARC — chemical agent resistant coating CBW — chemical and biological warfare CCEP — Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program CDC — Center for Disease Control and Prevention CFS — chronic fatigue syndrome CIA — Central Intelligence Agency DEET — N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide DNA — deoxyribonucleic acid DoD — Department of Defense DSB — Defense Science Board DSM-III — Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 3rd edition DU — depleted uranium Page 91 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 Acronyms ACGIH — American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists AChE — anticholinesterases AFRRI — Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute AR — Army regulation ARCOM — Army Reserve Command BaP — benzo-a-pyrene BIRLS — Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem CARC — chemical agent resistant coating CBW — chemical and biological warfare CCEP — Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program CDC — Center for Disease Control and Prevention CFS — chronic fatigue syndrome CIA — Central Intelligence Agency DEET — N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide DNA — deoxyribonucleic acid DoD — Department of Defense DSB — Defense Science Board DSM-III — Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 3rd edition DU — depleted uranium

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Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War: Initial Findings and Recommendations for Immediate Action EPA — Environmental Protection Agency FDA — Food and Drug Administration GAO — General Accounting Office GIS — Geographical Information System GWS — Gulf War syndrome HHS — Department of Health and Human Services HIV — human immunodeficiency virus IND — investigational new drug IOM — Institute of Medicine MCS — multiple chemical sensitivities MFUA — Medical Follow-up Agency MRDA — Military Recommended Dietary Allowances MRE — meal, ready-to-eat NAS — National Academy of Sciences NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration NDI — National Death Index NIH — National Institutes of Health NOAA — National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration NRC — National Research Council ODS — Operation Desert Storm ODS/S — Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield PAHs — single and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PB — pyridostigmine bromide PG — Persian Gulf PGW — Persian Gulf War PL — public law PTSD — post-traumatic stress disorder RME — reasonable maximum individual exposure SCE — sister chromatid exchange SCUD — Soviet-designed surface-to-surface missile SWA — Southwest Asia

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Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War: Initial Findings and Recommendations for Immediate Action TLV — threshold limit value USAEHA — U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency USAMRICD — U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense USAMRIID — U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases VA — Department of Veterans Affairs VAMC — VA Medical Center VOC — volatile organic chemical WRAIR — Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

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