Cognitive decrements in 1991 Gulf War veterans: associations with Gulf War illness and neurotoxicant exposures in the Boston Biorepository, Recruitment, and Integrative Network (BBRAIN) cohorts

• Main Authors: D. Keating (Author), M. Krengel (Author), J. Dugas (Author), R. Toomey (Author), L. Chao (Author), L. Steele (Author), Lloyd P. Janulewicz (Author), T. Heeren (Author), E. Quinn (Author), N. Klimas (Author), K. Sullivan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background During deployment, veterans of the 1991 Gulf War (GW) were exposed to multiple war-related toxicants. Roughly a third of these veterans continue to exhibit neurotoxicant induced symptoms of Gulf War Illness (GWI), a multi-faceted condition that includes fatigue, pain and cognitiv...