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Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
Final
Report
CONTENTS
RECOMMENDED
CITATION
MEMORANDUM
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
MAP
Chapter
1: Introduction
The
Government's Initial Response
The
Advisory Committee
Purpose
and Organization of the Final Report
Chapter
2: The Government's Response
Outreach
Departmental
Responses
Issues
New to This Report
Outreach
Concerning Benefits and Medical Services
Military
Media
Risk
Communication
Findings
Regarding Outreach
Medical
and Clinical Issues
DOD's
Response
FDA's
Response
Issues
New to This Report
Access
to Health Care
Reproductive
Health Services
Prevention
of Combat-related Stress Reactions
Findings
Regarding Medical and Clinical Issues
Research
Departmental
Responses
Issues
New to This Report
Management
of the Federally Funded Research Portfolio
Content
of the Research Portfolio
Findings
Regarding Research
Chemical
and Biological Weapons
DOD
and CIA Responses
Issues
New to This Report
Evidence
of Exposure
Search
for Evidence
Findings
Regarding Chemical and Biological Weapons
Coordination
Coordinating
Efforts Specific to Gulf War Health Issues
Anticipating
Post-conflict Health Concerns
Findings
Regarding Coordination
Summary
Recommendations
Outreach
Medical
and Clinical Issues
Research
Chemical
and Biological Weapons
Coordination
Chapter
3: Nature of Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
Data
From Clinical Programs
Data
from Epidemiologic Studies
Data
on Stress-related Disorders
Data
on Undiagnosed Illnesses
Illness
Among Family Members
Summary
Findings
Recommendations
Chapter
4: Gulf War Risk Factors
Exposure
to Risk Factors in the Gulf
Exposure
to Pesticides
Exposure
to Chemical Warfare Agents
Exposure
to Biological Warfare Agents
Exposure
to Vaccines
Exposure
to Pyridostigmine Bromide
Exposure
to Infectious Diseases
Exposure
to Depleted Uranium
Exposure
to Oil-well Fire Smoke
Exposure
to Petroleum Products
Exposure
to Psychological and Physiological Stress
Health
Effects of Gulf War Risk Factors
Pesticides
Chemical
Warfare Agents
Biological
Warfare Agents
Anthrax
and Botulinum Toxoid Vaccines
Pyridostigmine
Bromide
Endemic
Infectious Diseases
Depleted
Uranium
Oil-well
Fire Smoke
Petroleum
Products
Psychological
and Physiological Stress
Summary
Findings
Recommendations
References
Appendix
A: Executive Order 12961
Appendix
B: Advisory Committee Charter
Appendix
C: Advisory Committee Members
Appendix
D: Advisory Committee Staff
Appendix
E: Advisory Committee Meetings
Appendix
F: Federally Funded Research on Gulf War Veterans' Health Through Fiscal Year
1996
Appendix
G: Findings of the Interim Report
Appendix
H: Acknowledgments
List
of Acronyms
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