Context. - Gulf War (GW) veterans report nonspecific symptoms significantly more often than their nondeployed peers. However, no specific disorder has been identified, and the etiologic basis and clinical significance of their symptoms remain unclear. Objectives. - To organize symptoms reported by US Air Force GW veterans to a case definition, to characterize clinical features, and to evaluate risk factors. Design. - Cross-sectional population survey of individual characteristics and symptoms and clinical evaluation (including a structured interview, the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36, psychiatric screening, physical examination, clinical laboratory tests, and serologic assays for antibodies against viruses, rickettsia, parasites, and...
was one of the briefest full-scale conflicts in U.S. history. For a 2-month period of fighting endin...
An estimated 25%–32% of veterans of the 1991 Gulf War continue to experience multiple unexplai...
A previous epidemiologic study demonstrated no unexplained increase in risk for postwar hospitalizat...
BACKGROUND: United States military personnel reported various symptoms after deployment to the Persi...
Gulf War veterans have reported health problems that they attribute to their military service, but l...
Veterans with difficult-to-diagnose conditions who receive care in the Department of Veterans Affair...
presence of a variety of symptoms. Questions were drawn from the Hopkins Symptom Checklist and from ...
In 1990 and 1991, approximately 697,000 U.S. troops were deployed in the Persian Gulf during Operat...
Background: United States military personnel reported various symptoms after deployment to the Persi...
Abstract. To investigate reports on war-related morbidity, 527 active-duty Gulf War veterans and 970...
Background: Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a chronic, multi-symptomatic disorder affecting an estimated 2...
The Boston University-based Gulf War Illness Consortium (GWIC) is a multidisciplinary initiative dev...
BACKGROUND: During the 1990-1991 Gulf War, approximately 700,000 U.S. troops were deployed to the Pe...
Objectives: Studies of the relationship of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to physical symptoms...
Multisymptom illness is more prevalent in 1991 Gulf War veterans than in military comparison groups;...
was one of the briefest full-scale conflicts in U.S. history. For a 2-month period of fighting endin...
An estimated 25%–32% of veterans of the 1991 Gulf War continue to experience multiple unexplai...
A previous epidemiologic study demonstrated no unexplained increase in risk for postwar hospitalizat...
BACKGROUND: United States military personnel reported various symptoms after deployment to the Persi...
Gulf War veterans have reported health problems that they attribute to their military service, but l...
Veterans with difficult-to-diagnose conditions who receive care in the Department of Veterans Affair...
presence of a variety of symptoms. Questions were drawn from the Hopkins Symptom Checklist and from ...
In 1990 and 1991, approximately 697,000 U.S. troops were deployed in the Persian Gulf during Operat...
Background: United States military personnel reported various symptoms after deployment to the Persi...
Abstract. To investigate reports on war-related morbidity, 527 active-duty Gulf War veterans and 970...
Background: Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a chronic, multi-symptomatic disorder affecting an estimated 2...
The Boston University-based Gulf War Illness Consortium (GWIC) is a multidisciplinary initiative dev...
BACKGROUND: During the 1990-1991 Gulf War, approximately 700,000 U.S. troops were deployed to the Pe...
Objectives: Studies of the relationship of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to physical symptoms...
Multisymptom illness is more prevalent in 1991 Gulf War veterans than in military comparison groups;...
was one of the briefest full-scale conflicts in U.S. history. For a 2-month period of fighting endin...
An estimated 25%–32% of veterans of the 1991 Gulf War continue to experience multiple unexplai...
A previous epidemiologic study demonstrated no unexplained increase in risk for postwar hospitalizat...