United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-06-01 monographic deposited born digital 116 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-159 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-159 P0b002ee18039ad4c f:d04159 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-159 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-159 GAO-04-159 Chemical and biological agents Data collection Data integrity Diseases Health hazards Health research programs Health statistics Health surveys Infectious diseases Statistical data Veterans Gulf War Syndrome Persian Gulf War Iraq Other Written Product A10329 Since the end of the Gulf War in 1991, many of the approximately 700,000 U.S. veterans have experienced undiagnosed illnesses. They attribute these illnesses to exposure to chemical warfare (CW) agents in plumes--clouds released from bombing of Iraqi sites. But in 2000, the Department of Defense (DOD) estimated that of the 700,000 veterans, 101,752 troops were potentially exposed. GAO was asked to evaluate the validity of DOD, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and British Ministry of Defense (MOD) conclusions about troops' exposure. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-159/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-159.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-159/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-159.pdf GAO-04-159 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-159 Other Written Product GAO-04-159; Gulf War Illnesses: DOD's Conclusions about U.S. Troops' Exposure Cannot Be Adequately Supported; Chemical and biological agents Data collection Data integrity Diseases Health hazards Health research programs Health statistics Health surveys Infectious diseases Statistical data Veterans Gulf War Syndrome Persian Gulf War Iraq