title: The eight myths of Operation 'Desert Storm' and Gulf War syndrome.
abstract: Several conventional claims regarding Gulf War Syndrome are criticized: that Gulf War veterans are no sicker than the civilian population as a whole; that Gulf War Syndrome is a myth invented by the press; that GWS cannot be defined as a legitimate medical syndrome; that since its cause cannot be determined, it is not a problem associated with Operation 'Desert Storm'; that the US and UK governments are doing all they can to investigate and treat illness in veterans or deny existence of over 100,000 cases in veterans and their families; that GWS will settle without treatment; that the armed forces were well prepared for integrated conflict involving chemical and biological warfare in the Middle East, increasing the risk of this in the future.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Molecular Medicine, Irvine, California 92619-2470, USA.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Nicolson
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Nicolson
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008877:Middle East; D018923:Persian Gulf Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014728:Veterans; D014857:Warfare