Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War : Recommendations for Research and Information Systems.

Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- AN EMERGING PROBLEM -- PANELS AND COMMITTEES -- CONCLUSIONS -- CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE -- RESEARCH AND DATA ISSUES -- The PGW as the Less-than-Ideal Setting for Research -- Where Do We Go from Here? -- 2 Charge to the Committee: Its Findings and Recommendations -- OVERVIEW -- THE COMMITTEE'S CHARGE -- Charge 1 -- Charge 2 -- Charge 3 -- FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Finding -- Finding -- Finding -- Finding -- Finding -- Finding -- Finding -- Finding -- Finding -- Finding -- Finding -- Finding -- Finding -- 3 Environment and Exposures -- OVERVIEW -- NATURAL ENVIRONMENT -- MAN-MADE ENVIRONMENT -- Pesticides -- Fuels and Decontamination Solution -- Oil Well Fires and Spills -- Occupational Exposures -- Diet -- Vaccines and Prophylactic Treatment -- Pyridostigmine Bromide -- Interactions of Exposures -- Depleted Uranium -- PSYCHOSOCIAL EXPOSURES -- Stressors Associated with Deployment -- Anticipation of Combat -- Combat Exposure -- Aftermath and Long-Term Adjustment -- Gender Differences in Exposure to Stress -- DVA ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS RESEARCH CENTERS -- 4 Health Outcomes -- OVERVIEW -- MORTALITY STUDIES -- HOSPITALIZATION STUDIES -- DIAGNOSED DISEASES IN PG VETERANS -- DVA Persian Gulf Health Registry -- DoD Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program -- Predictors of Enrollment in the Persian Gulf Health Registry -- STUDIES OF SELF-REPORTED SYMPTOMS -- Outbreak Studies -- 123rd Army Reserve Command (ARCOM) -- Reserve Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 24 (Seabees) -- Pennsylvania Air National Guard -- Summary -- Surveys -- Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) Studies -- DVA National Health Survey -- Survey of Iowa Veterans -- ADVERSE REPRODUCTIVE OUTCOME STUDIES.

Pathways for Environmental Influences on Reproduction -- Definition of Outcomes -- Frequency of Events in the General Population -- Confounding -- Reproductive Outcome Studies in PG Populations -- Pilot Studies -- NHRC Studies -- MENTAL HEALTH STUDIES -- Issues in Studies of Mental Health -- Mental Health Problems and Military Experience -- Mental Health: Comparison of Deployed and Nondeployed Troops -- Factors Associated with Mental Health Problems: Combat and Other Stressors -- Factors Increasing Vulnerability to PTSD and Other Psychiatric Disorders -- Factors Enhancing Resilience or Buffering Effects of Stress on Mental Health -- Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes -- Physical Symptoms and Exposure to Stressors -- Discussion of Mental Health Issues -- WOMEN'S HEALTH STUDIES -- Health Effects of Combat Service for Women -- Gender Differences in Health -- Health Issues Related to Men and Women Serving Together in Combat Situations -- 5 Some Hypotheses Regarding Illnesses in Persian Gulf War Veterans -- OVERVIEW -- CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME -- MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY -- OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION DISORDER -- DENTAL AMALGAMS -- BACTERIAL ILLNESS -- MYCOPLASMA AND CHRONIC FATIGUE -- SKELETAL MUSCLE BIOENERGETICS -- SARCOIDOSIS AND LINGUAL ABNORMALITIES -- BRAINSTEM DYSREGULATION SYNDROME -- MICROSPORIDIA INFECTION -- ORGANOPHOSPHATE-INDUCED DELAYED NEUROTOXICITY -- CHEMICALLY INDUCED PORPHYRIA -- FIBROMYALGIA -- SOMATIZATION DISORDER -- SUMMARY -- 6 Information Systems -- OVERVIEW -- CRITERIA FOR A RESEARCH-ORIENTED HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM -- PERSIAN GULF WAR HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR THE FUTURE -- CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Appendixes -- A Relevant Sections of Public Law: 102-585 -- Pl 102-585 Persian Gulf War Veterans' Health Status -- B Statement of Task.

C Committee Meetings and Individuals Providing Information -- Committee Meeting Dates and Locations -- Presenters at the Public Meeting -- Sources of Written Testimony for the Public Meeting -- Sources of Other Materials -- D Invited Presentations -- E Other Groups Reviewing Persian Gulf War Veteran Health Issues -- F Research and Related Activities on Health Problems of Persian Gulf War Veterans -- G Selected DoD, Army, Navy, Air Force, and DVA Databases -- Acronyms.

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