Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War Initial Findings and Recommendations for Immediate Action (1995) / Chapter Skim
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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 91
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92 ACRONYMS 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 1ND 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 POW Persian Gulf War PL public law PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder RME reasonable maximum individual exposure SCE sister chromatic exchange SCUD Soviet-designed surface-to-surface missile SWA Southwest Asia
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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 93
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