| | Scientific Progress in Understanding Gulf War Veterans’ |
| | 0,99 | | MB | Illnesses: Report and Recommendations |
| | 152 | | stron |
| | 3891 | | ID | Congress of the United States of America |
| | 2004 | | rok |
| | Table of Contents |
| | Executive Summary. 1 |
| | Introduction. 15 |
| | Findings and Recommendations |
| | Finding 1 A substantial proportion of Gulf War veterans are ill with multisymptom |
| | conditions not explained by wartime stress or psychiatric illness.. 21 |
| | Finding 2 |
| | Treatments that improve the health of veterans with Gulf War illnesses are urgently needed. |
| | Recommendations. |
| | Finding 3 |
| | A growing body of research indicates that an important component of Gulf War veterans’ illnesses |
| | is neurological in character |
| | Recommendations |
| | Finding 4 |
| | Evidence supports a probable link between exposure to neurotoxins and the development of Gulf |
| | War veterans’ illnesses .. |
| | Recommendations |
| | Finding 5 |
| | Other wartime exposures may also have contributed to Gulf War veterans’ illnesses..... |
| | Recommendations. |
| | Finding 6 |
| | The health of Gulf War veterans must be carefully monitored to determine if Gulf War service is |
| | associated with excess rates of specific diseases, diseasespecific deaths, or overall mortality.. |
| | Recommendations. |
| | Finding 7 |
| | Important questions concerning the health of children and other family members of Gulf War |
| | veterans remain unanswered. |
| | Recommendations. |
| | Finding 8 |
| | Progress in understanding Gulf War veterans’ illnesses has been hindered by lack of coordination |
| | and availability of data resources maintained by the Department of Defense and the Department of |
| | Veterans Affairs.. |
| | Recommendations. |
| | Finding 9 |
| | Research on Gulf War veterans’ illnesses has important implications for current and future military |
| | deployments and for homeland security... |
| | Recommendations. |
| | Finding 10 |
| | Further progress in understanding and treating Gulf War veterans’ illnesses requires federal |
| | research programs that are properly focused, well-managed, and adequately funded. |
| | Recommendations. |
| | Conclusions. 103 |
| | Acknowledgments 105 |
| | References. 107 |
| | Appendices |
| | Appendix A Members of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses 133 |
| | Appendix B |
| | 2002-2004 Members of the Expert Advisory Panel for the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf |
| | War Veterans’ Illnesses.. 137 |
| | Appendix C |
| | Charter of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses 139 |
| | Abbreviations 142 |