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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454005903321

Titolo

Gulf War and health . Volume 7 Long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Gulf War and Health: Brain Injury in Veterans and Long-term Health Outcomes, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-00810-2

9786612008108

0-309-12409-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (397 p.)

Disciplina

956.7044

Soggetti

Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Health aspects - United States

Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Veterans - Diseases - United States

Persian Gulf syndrome - United States

Brain - Wounds and injuries - United States

Veterans - Mental health - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2 BIOLOGY OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY""; ""3 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ADULT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY""; ""4 CONSIDERATIONS IN IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING THE LITERATURE""; ""5 MAJOR COHORT STUDIES""; ""6 NEUROCOGNITIVE OUTCOMES""; ""7 NEUROLOGIC OUTCOMES""; ""8 PSYCHIATRIC OUTCOMES""; ""9 SOCIAL FUNCTIONING""; ""10 OTHER HEALTH OUTCOMES""; ""11 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""INDEX""