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Appendix E: Activities (as of September 1994) Related to Potential Health Consequences of Service in the Persian Gulf
Pages 82-87

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... Report to the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition) on review of all available reports of detection of chemical agents and toxins during ODS/S and postwar period; and review scientific and medical evidence relating exposure to nerve agents, environmental pollutants, endemic biology and other health hazards (DSB, 1994)
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From page 83...
... Comprehensive Clinical Evalua- Office of Health Clinical three-phase evaluation of lion Program Affairs, DoD active duty PG veterans and family members with unexplained signs and symptoms. Mental Health Desert Storm Reunion Survey Boston, Mass., Determine impact of combat and VAMC noncombat experiences on subse quent patterns of adjustment (NEPEC, 1992; Wolfe et al., 1993)
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From page 84...
... of Psychology, West Virginia University New Orleans, La., VAMC Psychological adjustment in Gainesville, Fla., ODS/S veterans VAMC ODS follow-up survey ODS Outreach Program Other completed VAMC studies West Haven VAMC ODS report The PG Outreach Program at the Little Rock VAMC An Evaluation of Troops Returning from the PG: A Preliminary Report Coming Home for Good: The ODS Veterans and Family Psychosocial Debriefing Project Provide basic neuropsychological and environmental exposure database information as core project support for future studies of symptomatic veterans and controls from the PGW. Debriefing PG veterans on the stresses of deployment and combatrelated PTSD (NEPEC, 1992; Sloan et al., unpublished a, b)
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From page 85...
... birth defects in children of mem State Health Depart- hers of Waynesboro, Miss., Na ment tional Guard. GAO Birth Defects Report GAO Review of reproductive outcomes among children of PG veterans.
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From page 86...
... Epidemiologic studies of morbidity among PG veterans Exposure-Based Activities Environmental Air monitoring of oil well fires Report to Congress: United States Gulf Environmental Technical Assessment (January 27-July 31, 1991) Report to Congress on health effects of exposure to burning oil fields Environmental toxicology studies Kuwait Oil Fire Health Risk Assessment Biologic Surveillance Initiative Laboratory studies of pesticides Clinical Epidemiology Branch, Naval Health Research Center U.S.
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From page 87...
... Six projects are planned to determine the health effects of environmental exposure to potential hazards, with a particular emphasis on behavioral toxicology, immunotoxicology, cancer epidemiology, and behavioral psychopathology. Four projects are planned to gather information about illnesses in PG veterans to develop the most characteristic symptom profiles.
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