Although the Gulf War lasted but a few days, many combat troops have suffered lingering health problems that they attribute to their wartime service. In an effort to respond to the health concerns of veterans and their families, the Department of Veterans Affairs contracted with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to study the scientific evidence concerning associations between agents to which Gulf War veterans may have been exposed and adverse health effects. These are the reports from those studies.

Vol. <3>: "Committee on Gulf War and Health: Literature Review of Selected Environmental Particulates, Pollutants, and Synthetic Chemical Compounds." Vol. 4: "Committee on Gulf War and Health: a Review of the Medical Literature Relative to the GUlf War Veterans' Health; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice." Vol. 6: "Committee on Gulf War and Health: Physiologic, Psychologic, and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress." Vol. <3> has statement of responsibility: Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Vols. <4-6> have statements of responsibility: Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Vol. <7> has statement of responsibility: Committee on Gulf War and Health: Brain Injury in Veterans and Long-Term Outcomes, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Vol. <10> has statement of responsibility: Committee on Gulf War and Health, Volume 10: Update of Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War, Board on the Health of Select Populations, Institute of Medicine, Deborah Cory-Slechta and Roberta Wedge, editors. Vol. <11> has statement of responsibility: Committee on Gulf War and Health, Volume 11: Generational Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division. Library holds Volume 8 -- Update of Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War.

Introduction -- Exposures in the Persian Gulf -- Considerations in identifying and evaluating the literature -- Major cohort studies -- Health outcomes -- Conclusions and recommendations.