The Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology of US Persian Gulf War Military Veterans

2000 ◽  
Vol 124 (9) ◽  
pp. 1299-1301
Author(s):  
Charles S. Specht ◽  
Michael R. Lewin-Smith ◽  
Victor F. Kalasinsky ◽  
Michael R. Peterson ◽  
Florabel G. Mullick
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
Surgical Pathology ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Desert Storm ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Persian Gulf War Veterans

Abstract Background.—Tens of thousands of Persian Gulf War veterans (GWVs) have presented with medical symptoms since Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The Kuwait Registry at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology was established to act as a repository for surgical pathology, cytopathology, and autopsy material from GWVs. Objective.—To identify conditions known to be endemic to the theater of operations in our cohort of GWVs. Methods.—The Kuwait Registry database was searched by computer for listed conditions endemic to the Persian Gulf region included in the registry through December 31, 1997. Results.—Of the 2582 patients in this cohort, 1 patient with hepatitis B and 15 patients with hepatitis C were identified. Other known endemic conditions of the Persian Gulf region were not found. Conclusions—Viral hepatitis (B and C), which is prevalent in the US population, was the only listed endemic condition identified in surgical pathology or cytopathology specimens in our cohort of GWVs.

Understanding Mail Survey Response Rates among Female Reserve Component Veterans Serving during the Persian Gulf War

1999 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 653-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter R. Schumm ◽  
Anthony P. Jurich ◽  
Stephan R. Bollman ◽  
Diane Sanders ◽  
Carlos Castelo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Military Service ◽  
National Guard ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
Response Rates ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
Service Component ◽  
Desert Storm ◽  
The Persian Gulf

In this study of current and former female reservists and National Guard members from the state of Ohio, veterans who were older, who had more years of military service, who had participated in the Gulf War, who were Euro-Americans, who were or had been married, and who were higher in rank tended to have more valid addresses and higher response rates, thus biasing sample outcomes in those directions. Educational attainment, branch of service, component of service, and residential stability appeared to be less important, although some significant findings were noted. Implications for further research on Desert Storm are discussed. In general, those veterans who might have been expected to have a greater investment in U.S. society were more likely to respond to a survey concerning Desert Storm era military service and its aftermath.

scholarly journals Women in the Persian Gulf: Lack of Gender Differences in Long-Term Health Effects of Service in United Kingdom Armed Forces in the 1991 Persian Gulf War

2002 ◽  
Vol 167 (5) ◽  
pp. 406-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Unwin ◽  
Matthew Hotopf ◽  
Lisa Hull ◽  
Khalida Ismail ◽  
Anthony David ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
The Persian Gulf

Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm (Part I)

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-183
Author(s):  
Richard W. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Air Power ◽  
Desert Storm ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Important Test ◽  
Invasion Of Iraq

This two-part historiographical article examines many of the key historical books written in English on military operations in the Persian Gulf from 1990 to 1991. Although increasingly viewed, even by historians, as little more than a historical footnote to the tumultuous events in the region after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the subsequent invasion of Iraq in 2003, the events of the Persian Gulf War, often referred to by their U.S. operational names Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, have given us a rich and important literature on its military aspects of the war. The Gulf War was viewed at the time as an important test of U.S. political resolve after the retreat from the wars in Southeast Asia in the 1960s and 1970s, and an equally important test of the rebirth of the American military. The article begins with a summary of those operations in the Gulf now twenty-five years in the past. It goes on to review the most important military historical books on the dominant subject of air power in the Gulf in part one and follows that in part two with works on ground operations, naval support, key memoirs, professional military analyses of the events, and general or popular works. Part two will be published in ijhm issue 36–2 and contain a comprehensive listing of the major works discussed. In all, some forty-three major books and over twenty additional works are summarized with an analysis of their contributions to the various debates on the planning and preparation for the war and the key elements of its conduct. This was an important operation that led to deeper U.S. and western involvement in the Persian Gulf region and, ultimately, to a second invasion of Iraq with even more dramatic consequences in 2003.

scholarly journals Women in the Persian Gulf: Lack of Gender Differences in Long-Term Health Effects of Service in United Kingdom Armed Forces in the 1991 Persian Gulf War

2002 ◽  
Vol 167 (5) ◽  
pp. 406-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Unwin ◽  
Matthew Hotopf ◽  
Lisa Hull ◽  
Khalida Ismail ◽  
Anthony David ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
The Persian Gulf
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