Gulf war and health: Volume 6-Physiologic, psychologic, and psychosocial effects of deployment-related stress

2007

(For resources, this is the publication date. For programs, this is the date posted.)

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Book
Committee on Gulf War and Health, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice (BPH), Institutes of Medicine (IOM)
National Academies Press

This study comprehensively reviewed, evaluated, and summarized the peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature regarding the association between stress and long-term adverse health effects in Gulf War veterans, specifically the physiologic, psychologic, and psychosocial effects of stress. The study will was not limited to veterans of the 1991 Gulf War but also will be applicable to veterans of the current conflict (Operation Iraqi Freedom; Operation Enduring Freedom).