Abstract Veterans of Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield− the 1991 Gulf War (GW)− are a
unique population who returned from theater with multiple health complaints and disorders …

We describe the clinical evaluation of the nervous-system effects of solvent exposure. We
review the current evidence in the epidemiological literature on neurotoxicological effects of …

A cohort of 1022 consecutive singleton births was generated during 1986–1987 in the Faroe
Islands. Increased methylmercury exposure from maternal consumption of pilot whale meat …

Objectives To relate performance on tests of cognitive ability to the subsequent development
of probable Alzheimer disease (pAD) and to identify the pattern of earliest changes in …

Within a cohort of 1022 consecutive singleton births in the Faroe Islands, we assessed
prenatal methylmercury exposure from the maternal hair mercury concentration. At …

A cohort of 1022 consecutive singleton births was generated during 1987–1988 in the Faroe
Islands, where increased methylmercury exposure occurs from traditional seafood diets that …

The manufacture and production of industrial chemicals continues to increase, with
hundreds of thousands of chemicals and chemical mixtures used worldwide, leading to …

ContextThe effects of war-zone deployment on neuropsychological health remain poorly
understood. Neuropsychological performance deficits serve as sensitive measures of neural …

Prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) was examined by analysis of cord
tissue from 435 children from a Faroese birth cohort. Analysis of 50 paired cord blood …

In widespread informal gold mining in the Amazon Basin, mercury is used to capture the
gold particles as amalgam. Releases of mercury to the environment have resulted in the …