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Nature 421, 463 (30 January 2003) | doi:10.1038/421463a

US army survey targets Gulf War syndrome

Jonathan Knight

In a push to avoid trouble with mysterious post-conflict syndromes, the Pentagon is stepping up efforts to monitor the health of soldiers before and after their deployment in the Middle East.Some scientists who have studied 'Gulf War syndrome' — the set of maladies associated with active service in the last Gulf War — applaud the effort.