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dc.contributor.authorOzakinci, Gozde
dc.contributor.authorHallman, WK
dc.contributor.authorKipen, HM
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-01T17:15:57Z
dc.date.available2010-12-01T17:15:57Z
dc.date.issued2006-10
dc.identifier354764
dc.identifiera7d649fd-1741-4c27-93ad-d4b4b150c983
dc.identifier000240969700033
dc.identifier33749453515
dc.identifier.citationOzakinci , G , Hallman , WK & Kipen , HM 2006 , ' Persistence of symptoms in veterans of the first Gulf War : 5-year follow-up ' , Environmental Health Perspectives , vol. 114 , no. 10 , pp. 1553-1557 . https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.9251en
dc.identifier.issn0091-6765
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-5869-3274/work/27163508
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/1569
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: During the 1990-1991 Gulf War, approximately 700,000 U.S. troops were deployed to the Persian Gulf theater of operations. Of that number, approximately 100,000 have presented medical complaints through various registry and examination programs. OBJECTIVES: Widespread symptomatic illness without defining physical features has been reported among veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. We ascertained changes in symptom status between an initial 1995 symptom evaluation and a follow-up in 2000. METHODS: We assessed mailed symptom survey questionnaires for 390 previously surveyed members of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf War Registry for changes over the 5-year interval in terms of number and severity of symptoms. RESULTS: For the cohort as a whole, we found no significant changes in symptom number or severity. Those initially more symptomatic in 1995 showed some improvement over time, but remained much more highly symptomatic than those who had lesser initial symptomatology. CONCLUSIONS: The symptom outbreak following the 1991 Gulf War has not abated over time in registry veterans, suggesting substantial need for better understanding and care for these veterans.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Health Perspectivesen
dc.subjectGulf War illnessen
dc.subjectmedically unexplained symptomsen
dc.subjectREgistry veteransen
dc.subjectMedical evaluationen
dc.subjectHealth-statusen
dc.subjectRisk factorsen
dc.subjectIllnessen
dc.subjectFatigueen
dc.subjectCohorten
dc.subjectRC Internal medicineen
dc.subject.lccRCen
dc.titlePersistence of symptoms in veterans of the first Gulf War : 5-year follow-upen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Medicineen
dc.identifier.doi10.1289/ehp.9251
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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