A Review Of The Scientific Literature As It Pertains To Gulf War Illnesses Chemical And Biological Warfare Agents
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Author | : William S. Augerson |
Publisher | : Minnesota Historical Society |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780833026804 |
Many Gulf War veterans have reported an array of physical and mental health complaints since the war and the question on everyone's mind is Can we identify a cause or is this a coincidence? To complement efforts by the Defense Department and other federal agencies in their attempt to understand the full range of health implications of service in that conflict, RAND undertook a major study to summarize the scientific literature on the known health effects of given exposures to such risk factors as oil well fires, chemical and biological warfare agents, depleted uranium pesticides, pyridostigmine bromide, immunizations, infectious diseases, and stress. In this landmark book series the authors report on their literature review summarize what is known about the range of actual exposures in the Gulf, and assess the plausibility of the risk factor at hand as a cause of illness. The authors caution that more research on health effects and exposures remains to be completed before definitive statements can be made and make recommendations for additional research.
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RAND presents the full text of "A Review of the Scientific Literature As It Pertains to Gulf War Illnesses, Volume 5: Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents," by William S. Augerson. The author discusses chemical and biological warfare, skin-damaging agents, toxins, nerve agents, and research on the chemical and biological agents.
Author | : William S. Augerson |
Publisher | : Rand Corporation |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS |
ISBN | : 9780833026804 |
That Iraq had already used chemical warfare agents led coalition forces to take protective action. Yet many Gulf War veterans have reported a host of symptoms that could be construed as coming from exposure to chemical or biological weapons. The scientific literature on the effects of exposure to such agents suggests the following: Militarily effective doses of any of the agents reviewed would have produced severe health effectsthat would have required clinical treatment or resulted in death. However, since low-level exposures could have produced mild clinical signs that could have been overlooked or misinterpreted, it is not possible to rule out low-dose exposures to one or several classes of agents or the possibility of some resultant contribution to some of the symptoms Gulf War veterans have experienced. Still, it is difficult to believe that exposures affecting largenumbers of persons would escape clinical recognition. Further, no references in the literature report clinical symptoms developing years after exposure, as was the case in about 50 percent of the health problems Gulf War veterans have reported.
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Author | : Richard A. Rettig |
Publisher | : Rand Corporation |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS |
ISBN | : 9780833026835 |
This report deals with the rule to waive informed consent for using investigational drugs in certain military contingencies. It was used in the 1991 Gulf War, when forces confronted the possibility of chemical and biological weapons.
Author | : Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2004-10-11 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309165776 |
The Gulf War in 1990-1991 was considered a brief and successful military operation, with few injuries or deaths of US troops. The war began in August 1990, and the last US ground troops returned home by June 1991. Although most Gulf War veterans resumed their normal activities, many soon began reporting a variety of nonexplained health problems that they attributed to their participation in the Gulf War, including chronic fatigue, muscle and joint pain, loss of concentration, forgetfulness, headache, and rash. Because of concerns about the veterans' health problems, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) review the scientific and medical literature on the long-term adverse health effects of agents to which the Gulf War veterans may have been exposed. This report is a broad overview of the toxicology of sarin and cyclosarin. It assesses the biologic plausibility with respect to the compounds in question and health effects.
Author | : Beatrice Alexandra Golomb |
Publisher | : RAND Corporation |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780833026767 |
The confrontation that began when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990 brought with it the threat that chemical and biological weapons might be used against the more than half a million military personnel the United States deployed to the region. To protect these troops from such threats, the Department of Defense wished to use drugs and vaccines that, not having been tested for use in these specific situations, were considered "investigational" by the federal Food and Drug Administration. This report examines the history of the Interim Rule, adopted in December 21, 1990, that authorized the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to waive informed consent for the use of investigational drugs and vaccines for certain military uses; how this authority was used for pyridostigmine bromide and botulinum toxoid during the Gulf War; and the subsequent controversy surrounding the rule, its application, and its implications.
Author | : Beatrice Alexandra Golomb |
Publisher | : RAND Corporation |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS |
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Reports that stress can produce myriad health effects, and these effects can manifest themselves as symptoms and conditions similar to those that veterans report.
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