Abstract
PURPOSE:
To better understand the health problems of veterans of the Persian Gulf War by analyzing previous war-related illnesses and identifying possible unifying factors.
DATA SOURCE:
English-language articles and books on war-related illnesses published since 1863 that were located primarily through a manual search of bibliographies.
DATA EXTRACTION:
Publications were assessed for information on the clinical characteristics of war-related illnesses and the research methods used to evaluate such illnesses.
DATA SYNTHESIS:
