TY  - BOOK
AU  - Golomb,Beatrice Alexandra
ED  - Rand eBooks.
TI  - A review of the scientific literature as it pertains to Gulf War illnesses
T2  - Gulf War illnesses series
SN  - 0833026771
AV  - RB152.7 .R482 1999
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - Biological weapons
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - Chemical agents (Munitions)
KW  - Persian Gulf syndrome
KW  - United States
KW  - Persian Gulf War, 1991
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - "National Defense Research Institute."; "This work ... was carried out jointly by RAND Health's  Center for Military Health Policy Research and the  Forces and Resources Policy Center of the National Defense Research Institute"--Preface; Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-385); Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF and HTML formats
N2  - The United States and its allies in the Persian Gulf War (PGW) knew that Iraq had used nerve agents and chemical weapons in its previous conflicts and so took steps to protect their troops. Pyridostigmine bromide (PB) was distributed as a pretreatment that would enhance the effectiveness of postexposure treatments in the event that the nerve agent soman was used. This report examines the role that PB played in the ongoing chronic health problems documented in PGW veterans. After careful examination of the known effects of PB on the central and peripheral nervous systems, the author finds the evidence consistent with a possible role for PB as a contributor to the health complaints of some PGW veterans and calls for immediate attention in the form of additional investigation to clarify the role of PB
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