Veteran's Health

Gulf War Syndrome; Persian Gulf War

Figure 1. Probability of hospitalization for unexplained illness, deployed and nondeployed veterans, from Knoke JD and Gray GC (1998) "Hospitalizations for Unexplained Illnesses among U.S. Veterans of the Persian Gulf War" (San Diego, California: Naval Health Research Center). Gulf War illness (GWI) or Gulf War syndrome (GWS) is the name given to an illness with symptoms including increases in the rate of immune system disorders and birth defects, reported by combat veterans of Operati ...