Adequacy of the VA Persian Gulf Registry and Uniform Case Assessment Protocol (1998) / Chapter Skim
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The involvement of large numbers of reservists and National Guard personnel created particular concern because in addition to their rapid mobilization and deployment, they would be returning directly to civilian life at the conclusion of the war. Stressors to which U.S.
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Its original purposes were to ease returning veterans into the VA health care system, to create a registry containing medical and other data on Persian Gulf veterans that would assist in addressing questions about possible future effects of air pollutant exposure and other environmental agents, and to serve as the basis for future medical surveillance. Exposures, particularly those associated with the oil well fires, were included as part of the history taking.
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INTRODUCTION 17 Committee on the Evaluation of the VA Uniform Case Assessment Protocol was convened to review the VA Persian Gulf clinical protocol and data collection, the adequacy of its implementation of the programs, outreach efforts to veterans, and the education of providers.
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