Overview of the institute of medicine's committee search strategy and review process for gulf war and health: long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury.

Objectives: To examine the strength of the peer-reviewed literature on the evidence for an association between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and long-term health outcomes using the association categories established and used by previous Institute of Medicine Committees on Gulf War and Health. The health effects that were evaluated were neurologic, cognitive, social functioning, psychiatric, and other (eg, brain tumor, mortality) outcomes.

Participants: Not applicable.