Study                              Description              

National Health Survey of Persian Gulf  Postal survey to estimate the        
Veterans and Their Family Members       prevalence of symptoms and medical   
(Environmental Epidemiology Service,    conditions in 15,000 Gulf veterans   
VA)                                     and 15,000 era veterans and their    
                                        families (surveys mailed Fall 1995,  
                                        preliminary report anticipated Fall  
                                        1996)                                

A Mortality Follow-up Study of Persian  Comparison of mortality rates and    
Gulf Veterans (Environmental            causes in Gulf War veterans and era  
Epidemiology Service, VA)               veterans (ongoing; preliminary       
                                        results presented Fall 1995)         

Study of Unexplained Illness Among      Three-phase study to verify and      
Persian Gulf War Veterans in an Air     characterize symptoms, assess their  
National Guard Unit (National Center    prevalence, and investigate risk     
for Infectious Disease, CDC)            factors in an Air National Guard     
                                        unit (two phases complete, final     
                                        phase ongoing)                       

Health Assessment of Persian Gulf War   Telephone survey to estimate the     
Veterans from Iowa (Iowa Department of  prevalence of symptoms and medical   
Health and National Center for          conditions in 1,500 Gulf veterans    
Environmental Health, CDC)              and 1,500 era veterans from Iowa     
                                        and their families (telephone        
                                        interviews begun Fall 1995, initial  
                                        report anticipated August 1996)      

A Study of Symptoms in Seabees (Naval   Survey of symptoms in 1,500 Seabee   
Health Research Center, DOD)            volunteers (preliminary results      
                                        presented Fall 1995)                 

Seabee Health Study (Naval Health       Postal survey of 17,000 Seabees to   
Research Center, DOD)                   assess symptoms and exposures        
                                        (planning stages)                    

A Comparative Study of                  Comparison of hospitalizations       
Hospitalizations Among Active Duty      between active duty Gulf War         
Military Personnel Who Participated in  veterans and era veterans who        
the Gulf War and Similar Military       attended military hospitals          
Personnel Who Did Not Participate       (preliminary results presented Fall  
(Naval Health Research Center, DOD)     1995)                                

A Comparison of Federal and             Comparison of hospitalizations       
Non-Federal Hospitalization Rates       between Gulf War veterans and era    
Among Veterans Who Have Separated From  veterans who have separated from     
Active Service: Gulf War Veterans       the military and attended            
Versus Non-Gulf Veterans (Naval Health  non-military hospitals (planning     
Research Center, DOD)                   stages)                              

A Comparative Study of Pregnancy        Comparison of birth defect rates     
Outcomes Among Gulf War Veterans (Male  between active duty Gulf War         
and Female) and Other Active Duty       veterans and era veterans who        
Personnel (Naval Health Research        attended military hospitals, using   
Center, DOD)                            hospital records to ascertain birth  
                                        defects (preliminary results         
                                        presented Fall 1995)                 

Reproductive Outcomes Study (Naval      Postal survey to compare             
Health Research Center, DOD)            reproductive outcomes in Gulf War    
                                        and era veteran couples (ongoing)    

Prevalence of Congenital Anomalies      Comparison of birth defect rates     
Among Children Born to Gulf War         between Gulf War veterans and era    
Veterans (Naval Health Research         veterans, using state registries to  
Center, DOD)                            ascertain birth defects (pilot test  
                                        ongoing)