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... INDEX A Abnormal clinical and laboratory findings. See Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings Abortion.
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... 262 GULF WAR AND HEALTH Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, 58n Bias, 47, 52, 56-57, 158, 204 selection, 56, 188 Biologic and chemical warfare agents for, 71 threat of, 14-15 vaccination against, 67 Biologic monitoring, 39-41 depleted uranium, 39-40 oil-well fire smoke, 40-41 Bipolar disorder, 122 Birth defects and adverse pregnancy outcomes (ICD-10 O00-Q99) , 3, 6, 192-195, 248, 252 adverse pregnancy outcomes, 194-195 birth defects, 192-195 continued surveillance for, 8, 254 Goldenhar syndrome, 194 male fertility problems and infertility, 196 primary studies, 192-193 secondary studies, 193-194 spontaneous abortion, 252 summary and conclusion, 194 Brain cancer, 5, 116, 118, 251 continued surveillance for, 8, 254 Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)
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... INDEX 263 Case-control studies, 47, 61, 64, 72, 75, 158 Causality, assignment of, 53 CCEP. See Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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... 264 GULF WAR AND HEALTH Pennsylvania Air National Guard Study, 74-75, 96 population-based studies, 58-70 as prevalence studies, 25 prospective, definition of, 46 retrospective, definition of, 46 Seabee Reserve Battalion Studies, 71-73, 94-96 United Kingdom Veteran Studies, 65-68, 81-84 University of London Veteran Studies, 65-67 University of Manchester Veteran Study, 67-68 Combat Exposure Scale, 25, 205 Expanded, 124 Committee on Gulf War and Health approach to its charge, 1-2, 15 charge to, 1, 15 Complexities in resolving Gulf War and health issues, 16-17 individual variability, 17 limitations of exposure information, 16-17 multiple exposures and chemical interactions, 16 unexplained symptoms, 17 Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) , 126 Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program (CCEP)
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... INDEX 265 symptom clustering, 60-61 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) , 1, 11, 57 Gulf War Health Registry, 58, 115, 212-213 Depleted uranium (DU)
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... 266 GULF WAR AND HEALTH Environmental fate, for specific exposures, 37-38 Epidemiologic studies, description of, 48 case-control studies, 47 chance, 52 cohort studies, 45-47 confounding, 52 cross-sectional studies, 47-48 defining a new syndrome, 48-49 identifying and evaluating, 45-53 inclusion criteria, 51 limitations of Gulf War veteran studies, 53 misclassification, of outcomes, 57 multiple comparisons, 52 nested case-control studies, 47 statistical techniques used to develop a case definition, 49-51 summary, 53 types of epidemiologic studies, 45-48 Expanded Combat Exposure Scale, 25, 124 Exposure (in the Persian Gulf) , 21-41 to depleted uranium, 24 to nerve agents, 6-7, 174 to oil-well fire smoke, 6, 22, 40-41, 172-174 pyridostigmine bromide tablets for, 14, 23-24 studies using biologic monitoring for specific exposures, 39-41 studies using environmental fate and transport models for specific exposures, 37-38 studies using simulation to assess the potential magnitude of exposures, 26-36 summary and conclusions, 41 Exposure assessment, 21-41 in epidemiologic studies, 21 recommendations for, 7-8, 254 Exposure assessment with questionnaires, 21-24 exposure to depleted uranium, 24 exposure to oil-well fire smoke, 22 exposure to pyridostigmine bromide, 23-24 exposure to vaccination, 22-23 Exposure information, limitations of, 16-17 Exposure misclassification, 36 Exposure-symptom relationships in Australian Veteran Studies, 70 in Canadian Veteran Study, 65 in Danish Peacekeeper Studies, 69 in Department of Veterans Affairs Study, 61-62 in Ft.
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... INDEX 267 in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard Study, 75 in Seabee Reserve Battalion Studies, 72-73 in University of London Veteran Studies, 67 in University of Manchester Veteran Study, 68 F Factor analysis, 2, 49-50, 59, 213-214, 248 Factor-analysis derived syndromes, 203-214 Air National Guard, 207-208 Australian Gulf War studies, 206 cluster analysis, 212-213 Department of Veterans Affairs, 204-205 Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf War Health Registry, 212, 213 Guy's, King's, St. Thomas's Schools of Medicine, 206, 212-213 the Iowa study, 205-206 Portland area veterans, 210-212 primary studies, 203-206 Seabee cohort, 208 Seabee cohort and validation study, 208-210 secondary studies, 207-212 summary and conclusion, 213-214 University of Manchester, 203-204, 212 Fatigue.
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... 268 GULF WAR AND HEALTH "Gulf War syndrome" (GWS)
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... INDEX 269 International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) , 126 International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10)
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... 270 GULF WAR AND HEALTH selected studies, 200-201 summary and conclusion, 196 Male reproductive hormones, levels of, 252 Manpower Data Center, 62-63, 78, 103, 162, 166, 180, 183, 185 Maps of the Khamisiyah demolition, See Khamisiyah demolition MCS. See Multiple chemical sensitivity MDD.
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... INDEX 271 Nerve agent exposure, 6-7, 174. See also Khamisiyah demolition Nervous system diseases, 153-160 Neurobehavioral and neurocognitive outcomes (ICD-10 F00-F99)
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... 272 GULF WAR AND HEALTH Physical and mental health screening questionnaire (SF-12)
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... INDEX 273 other exposures, 174 primary studies, 170-171 secondary studies, 171-172 Respiratory system diseases, 65, 170-179, 253 S Sarin, exposure to, 26-34, 73 SCID. See Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV SCL-90 test, 140, 146-149 Screening, recommendations for predeployment and postdeployment, 7 Seabee cohort studies, 73-74, 97, 167, 171, 185, 208, 229 exposure-symptom relationships, 74 larger, 73-74, 97 symptom clustering, 73-74 and validation, 208-210 Seabee Reserve Battalion Studies, 71-73 exposure-symptom relationships, 72-73 symptom clustering, 72 SF-12.
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... 274 GULF WAR AND HEALTH in Ft. Devens and New Orleans cohort studies, 71 in the Iowa Study, 59 in larger Seabee cohort studies, 73-74 in Oregon and Washington Veteran Studies, 63-64 in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard Study, 75 in Seabee Reserve Battalion Studies, 72 in University of London Veteran Studies, 66-67 in University of Manchester Veteran Study, 67 Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings (ICD-10 R00-R99)
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... INDEX 275 Urinary-uranium testing, 39-40 US Armed Services Center for Unit Records Research, 38 US Army Center for Health Promotion, 38 US Army Environmental Health Agency (AEHA) , 37, 40 V Vaccinations, 21-22 against biologic and chemical warfare agents, 67 Veterans Programs Enhancement Act, 1, 11 Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
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