APPENDIX F
KEY GULF WAR ILLNESS STUDIES and REPORTS
Executive Branch
Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans� Illnesses
Reports: Interim Report (February 1996)
Final Report (December 1996)
Supplemental Letter (April 1997)
Special Report (October 1997)
Department of Defense
Defense Science Board
Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Persian Gulf: War Health Effects (June 1994)
Persian Gulf Illness Investigation Team (PGIIT)
Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses (OSAGWI)
Reports: Available at www.GulfLINK.gov
(Case Narratives)
11th Marines 5 November 1998
Al Jaber Air Base 25 September 1997
Al Jubayal, Saudi Arabia 13 August 1997
An Nasiriyah ASP 13 January 2000
Camp Monterey 13 January 2000
Cement Factory 15 April 1999
Czech-French Detections 4 August 1998
Fox Alerts in the 24th Infantry Division 24 February 2000
Fox Detections in an ASP/Orchard 25 September 1997
Injured Marine 21 March 2000
Khamisiyah 14 April 1997
Kuwaiti Girls School 19 March 1998
Possible Chemical Agent on SCUD Missile Sample 27 July 2000
Possible Mustard Release at Ukhaydir Ammunition Storage Point
27 July 2000
Reported Mustard Agent Exposure Operation Desert Storm
28 August 2000
Tallil Air Base, Iraq 25 May 2000
US Marine Corps Minefield Breaching 25 May 2000
(Environmental Exposure Reports)
Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC) 27 July 2000
Depleted Uranium 4 August 1998
Oil Well Fires 5 November 1998
Particulate Matter 27 July 2000
(Information Papers)
Air Campaign: Modeling and Simulation in the Planning of Attacks on
Iraqi Chemical and Biological Warfare Targets 24 February 2000
Fox NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle 29 July 1997
Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid (IRFNA) 13 August 1999
Iraq�s Scud Ballistic Missiles 27 July 2000
M-256 Series Chemical Agent Detector Kit 13 August 1999
M8A1 Automatic Chemical Agent Alarm 13 November 1997
Military Medical Record Keeping During and After the Gulf War
13 August 1999
Medical Surveillance During Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm
13 November 1997
Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) and Chemical Protection
13 November 1997
(Close out Reports)
ARCENT 21, March 2000
Possible Post War Use of Chemical Warfare Agents Against Civilians
by Iraq, 25 May 2000
Retrograde Equipment, 21 March 2000
Water Use, 24 February 2000
RAND, National Defense Research Institute
Reports: A Review of the Scientific Literature As It Pertains to Gulf War Illnesses
Volume 2. Pyridostigmine Bromide. BA Golomb
Volume 4. Stress. GN Marshall, LM Davis, and CD Sherbourne
Volume 6. Oil Well Fires. DM Spektor
Volume 7. Depleted Uranium. NH Harley, EC Foulkes, LH Hillborne,
A Hudson, CR Anthony
Military Use of Drugs Not Yet Approved by the FDA for CW/BW Defense:
Lessons From The Gulf War. RA Rettig.
Psychological and Psychosocial Consequences of Combat and Deployment
with Special Emphasis on the Gulf War. DH Marlowe
Department of Health and Human Services
Report: The Health Impact of Chemical Exposures During the Gulf War: A
Research Planning Conference. February 28 to March 2, 1999.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Persian Gulf Expert Scientific Panel (February 1994)
Central Intelligence Agency/Intelligence Community
Persian Gulf War Illness Task Force (1997)
Reports: Numerous; see www.GulfLINK.gov or www.CIA.gov for more information
Reports: Intelligence Related to Possible Sources of Biological Agent Exposure
During the Persian Gulf War. August 2000
Intelligence Related to Possible Sources of Radioactive Contamination
During the Persian Gulf War. July 2000
Update on Potential Mustard Agent Release at Ukhaydir Ammunition
Storage Depot. 4 September 1997
Maymunah Munitions Depot. 4 September 1997
16 Suspect CW/BW Storage Sites. 4 September 1997
Modeling the Chemical Warfare Agent Release at the Khamisiyah Pit.
4 September 1997
17 Suspect CW/BW Storage Sites. 30 July 1997
Status of Director of Central Intelligence Persian Gulf War Illnesses Task
Force Support to Efforts for Modeling the Chemical Release from the
Khamisiyah Pit Area. 25 April 1997
Khamisiyah: A Historical Prospective on Related Intelligence, 9 April 1997
CIA Report Intelligence Related to Gulf War Illnesses. 2 August 1996
Persian Gulf Veterans Coordinating Board (estab. January 1994; DoD/VA/DHHS)
Reports: Annual Reports to Congress
Federally Sponsored Research on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses for 1996,
May 1997
Federally Sponsored Research on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses for 1997,
March 1998
Federally Sponsored Research on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses for 1998,
June 1999
National Institutes of Health Technology Assessment Workshop Panel (April 1994) (DoD/DHHS/VA/EPA)
The Health Impact of Chemical Exposures During the Gulf War: A Research Planning Conference (February 28 � March 2, 1999)
Legislative Branch
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Report: The Riegle Report, U.S. Chemical and Biological Warfare-Related Dual Use
Exports to Iraq and Their Possible Impact on the Health Consequences of the Gulf War
(May 25, 1994)
Senate Committee on Veterans� Affairs
Report: Report of the Special Investigation Unit on Gulf War Illnesses (1998)
House Committee on Government Reform
Report: Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: VA, DoD Continue to Resist Strong Evidence
Linking Toxic Causes to Chronic Health Effects (1997)
General Accounting Office
Report: see www.gao.gov for more information
Reports: Gulf War Illnesses: Management Actions Needed to Answer Basic Research
Questions. Jan 2000
Gulf War Illnesses: Basic Questions Unanswered. Feb 2000
Gulf War Illnesses: Understanding of Health Effects from Depleted Uranium
Evolving but Safety Training Needed. March 2000
Gulf War Illnesses: Procedural Reporting Improvements are Needed in
DoD�s Investigation Processes. Feb 1999
Gulf War Illnesses: Questions about the Presence of Squalene Antibodies
in Veterans Can be Resolved. March 1999
Medical Readiness: DoD Faces Challenges in Implementing Its Anthrax
Vaccine Immunization Program. October 1999
VA Health Care: Better Intergration of Services Could Improve Gulf War
Veteran�s Care. August 1998
Gulf War Veterans: Limitations of Available Data for Accurately
Determining the Incidence of Tumors. May 1998
Veterans� Benefits: Improvements Made to Persian Gulf Claims
Processing. May 1998
VA Health Care: Persian Gulf Dependents� Medical Exam Program
Ineffectively Carried Out. March 1998
Gulf War Illnesses: Federal Research Strategy Needs Reexamining.
Feb 1998
Gulf War Illnesses: Research, Clinical Monitoring, and Medical
Surveillance. Feb 1998
Gulf War Illnesses: Public and Private Efforts Relating to Exposures of
U.S. Personnel to Chemical Agents. Oct 1997
Gulf War Illnesses: Reexamination of Research Emphasis And Improved
Monitoring of Clinical Progress Needed. June 1997
Operation Desert Storm: Evaluation of the Air Campaign. June 1997
VA Health Care: Observations on Medical Care Provided to Persian Gulf
Veterans. June 1997
Veterans� Compensation: Evidence Considered in Persian Gulf War
Undiagnosed Illness Claims. May 1996
Operation Desert Storm: Health Concerns of Selected Indiana Persian
Gulf War Veterans. May 1995
National Academy of Sciences
Institute of Medicine
Reports: Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War: Initial Findings and Recommendations for Immediate Action (1995)
Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War:
Recommendations for Research and Information Systems
(1996)
Adequacy of the Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program:
Nerve Agents (1997)
Adequacy of the Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program:
A Focused Assessment (1997)
Adequacy of the DVA Persian Gulf Registry and Uniform Case Assessment Protocol (1998)
Measuring the Health of Persian Gulf Veterans: Workshop Summary (1998)
Veterans at Risk: The Health Effects of Mustard Gas and Lewisite (1993)
International
United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM
)(Semi-Annual Reports to the Security Council)
Reports: S/1999/1037 of 08/10/1999 Eighth report under resolution 1051 (United
Nations Security council Resolution 1051, Approval of Export/Import
Monitoring Mechanism for Iraq)
S/1999/401 of 09/04/1999 Seventh report under resolution 1051.
S/1999/920 of 06/10/1998 Sixth report under resolution 1051.
S/1998/332 of 16/04/1998 Fifth report under resolution 1051.
S/1997/774 of 06/10/1997 Fourth report under resolution 1051.
S/1997/301 of 11/04/1997 Third report under resolution 1051.
S/1996/848 of 11/10/1996 Second report under resolution 1051.
S/1996/258 of 11/04/1996 First report under resolution 1051.
Great Britain
Gulf Veterans� Illnesses Unit (GVIU)
Reports: see www.mod.uk/index.php3?page=955
Canada
Reports: Health Study of Canadian Forces Personnel Involved in the 1991 Conflict
in the Persian Gulf (1998)
Czech Republic
Reports: The Czechoslovak Chemical Unit in the Persian Gulf and Examination
Results Concerning a Potential Use of Combat Toxic Agents (1997)
The Medical Committee Report: A Project of the Ministry of Defense
Concerning Participants in the Persian Gulf War (1997)