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Article: Gulf War syndrome takes its toll. (research on the prevalence of medical and psychiatric problems reported by Persian Gulf War veterans)
- Article from:
- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- April 1, 1997
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Military personnel who served in the Gulf War have a greater prevalence of self-reported medical and psychiatric conditions than those serving elsewhere in the military during the same time, a study at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, found. Researchers in the Iowa Persian Gulf War Study developed a telephone survey to determine the frequency and type of health complaints reported by veterans serving in the Gulf War region and to compare these rates of illnesses with military personnel serving outside of the Gulf War region.
David A. Schwartz, professor of internal medicine and the group's principal investigator. indicates that, "Compared with non-Persian ...