Tens of thousands of Iranians were killed and more were physically and/or mentally injured in Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). During this war the most extensive use of chemical weapons in recent years by Iraq was reported against Iranian veterans and also Iranian and Iraqi civilians. In this study we aimed at finding probable neuropsychological injuries in victims of chemical weapons comparing other...

Tens of thousands of Iranians were killed and more were physically and/or mentally injured in Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). During this war the most extensive use of chemical weapons in recent years by Iraq was reported against Iranian veterans and also Iranian and Iraqi civilians. In this study we aimed at finding probable neuropsychological injuries in victims of chemical weapons comparing other...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to report the mental and physical health of a population-based cohort of Gulf War and Gulf Era veterans 20 years after the war. METHODS A multimode (mail, Web, or computer-assisted telephone interviewing) heath survey of 14,252 Gulf War and Gulf Era veterans. The survey consisted of questions about general, physical, mental, reproductive, and functional heal...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine whether proportional cancer incidence is greater among Gulf War veterans compared with non-Gulf War veterans. METHODS Files obtained from the Defense Manpower Data Center included data for 621,902 veterans who were deployed to the Persian Gulf during the 1990 to 1991 Gulf War (August 2, 1990, to March 1, 1991) and 746,248 non-Gulf War veteran...

conclusions increasing dependency in adl is accompanied by increasing dependency in iadl. in the past, the duty of health care providers was saving the life of veterans due to injuries while at present, because these injuries occurred in young and healthy individuals, the need for increased function is being highlighted. background the iran-iraq imposed war lasted eight years and was one of the...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to determine whether Gulf war veterans and their partners are at increased risk of adverse reproductive events and whether their children have increased risk of serious health problems. Methods and response to the study are reported here. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study of reproduction among UK Gulf war veterans, with a comparison cohort of Ar...

quality of life measures can provide an important source of medical information for promoting the health status of chronically ill patients. the purpose of the present study was to evaluate health related quality of life in psychiatric veterans of the iraq- iran war of the 1980s.they were out patients diagnosed with various psychiatric symptoms. the present study used a cross sectional design, ...

objective: the purpose of this study was to examine the role of social support on the mental health of disabled war veterans alongside the role of physical disability and deployment type. the second aim of the study was to examine the relationship between coping strategies and mental health. method: 85 disabled iranian war veterans participated in this study. all of the participants were asked ...

Objectives To determine how many veterans in a random sample of British veterans who served in the Gulf war believe they have “Gulf war syndrome,” to examine factors associated with the presence of this belief, and to compare the health status of those who believe they have Gulf war syndrome with those who do not. Design Questionnaire study asking British Gulf war veterans whether they believe ...