Contents

• COMMITTEE ON MEASURING THE HEALTH OF PERSIAN GULF VETERANS
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Background
• 3. Workshop Presentations
  • DVA and DoD Diagnostic Programs for Evaluating Health Problems of Persian Gulf Veterans.
  • Descriptive Statistics
  • Population and Survey Sample Research
  • Gulf War Research in the United Kingdom
  • Databases
  • The Health of Patients in the Specialized Care Program.
  • Draft Protocol
  • Open Testimony
• 4. Conclusion
• References
• Appendix Workshop on Measuring the Health of Persian Gulf Veterans

Support for this study was provided by the Departments of Defense (contract no. DASW01-98-K-0002) and Veterans Affairs (contract no. V101(93)P-1580). The views presented are those of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Measuring the Health of Persian Gulf Veterans and are not necessarily those of the funding organization.

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

The Institute of Medicine was chartered in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to enlist distinguished members of the appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. In this, the Institute acts under the Academy's 1863 congressional charter responsibility to be an adviser to the federal government and its own initiative in identifying issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Kenneth I. Shine is president of the Institute of Medicine.