Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War:: Recommendations for Research and Information Systems

The Committee to Review the Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War was charged to assess actions taken by the secretaries of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to collect and maintain data on the health of Persian Gulf veterans, to make recommendations to improve the collection and maintenance of such data, and to determine whether there is a sound scientific basis for and epidemiologic study of the health consequences of service and, if so, to recommend the types of studies that should be undertaken.