[HTML][HTML] Recent research on Gulf War illness and other health problems in veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: Effects of toxicant exposures during deployment

RF White, L Steele, JP O'Callaghan, K Sullivan… - Cortex, 2016‏ - Elsevier
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 …

Psychiatric disorder in veterans of the Persian Gulf War of 1991: systematic review

NJ Stimpson, HV Thomas, AL Weightman… - The British Journal of …, 2003‏ - cambridge.org
BackgroundVeterans of the Persian Gulf War of 1991 have reported symptoms attributed to
their military service. AimsTo review all studies comparing the prevalence of psychiatric …

What's in a name? Defining and caring for “Veterans” the United Kingdom in international perspective

C Dandeker, S Wessely, A Iversen… - Armed Forces & …, 2006‏ - journals.sagepub.com
An important feature of civil-military relations is the way in which states recognize the
sacrifices that the men and women of the armed forces give to their country and provide care …

Self-reported symptoms and medical conditions among 11,868 Gulf War-era veterans: the Seabee Health Study

GC Gray, RJ Reed, KS Kaiser, TC Smith… - American journal of …, 2002‏ - academic.oup.com
US Navy Seabees have been among the most symptomatic Gulf War veterans. Beginning in
May 1997, the authors mailed Gulf War-era Seabees a health survey in serial mailings. As of …

Macrophagic myofasciitis: characterization and pathophysiology

RK Gherardi, FJ Authier - Lupus, 2012‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Aluminium oxyhydroxide (alum), a nanocrystalline compound forming agglomerates, has
been used in vaccines for its immunological adjuvant effect since 1927. Alum is the most …

Meta-analysis of self-reported health symptoms in 1990–1991 Gulf War and Gulf War-era veterans

AL Maule, PA Janulewicz, KA Sullivan, MH Krengel… - BMJ open, 2018‏ - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Across diverse groups of Gulf War (GW) veterans, reports of musculoskeletal
pain, cognitive dysfunction, unexplained fatigue, chronic diarrhoea, rashes and respiratory …

Symptom clusters in patients on dialysis and their association with quality‐of‐life outcomes

A Amro, B Waldum, T Dammen… - Journal of renal …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background Patients who are on dialysis report multiple symptoms. The aim of the study was
to explore and identify symptom clusters (co‐occurring symptoms) in patients on dialysis and …

Health and exposures of United Kingdom Gulf war veterans. Part II: The relation of health to exposure

N Cherry, F Creed, A Silman, G Dunn… - Occupational and …, 2001‏ - oem.bmj.com
OBJECTIVES To investigate whether, in personnel who served with the United Kingdom
forces in the Gulf war, self reported exposures were related to symptoms in a way that was …

Risk, psychiatry and the military

S Wessely - The British Journal of Psychiatry, 2005‏ - cambridge.org
The relationship between combat and psychiatric breakdown has been well recognised for
decades. The change to smaller, professional armed forces has reduced the risk of large …

Impaired immune function in Gulf War illness

T Whistler, MA Fletcher, W Lonergan, XR Zeng… - BMC medical …, 2009‏ - Springer
Abstract Background Gulf War Illness (GWI) remains a serious health consequence for at
least 11,000 veterans of the first Gulf War in the early 1990s. Our understanding of the health …