What does GW stand for?

Gulf War

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Military and Government
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Samples in periodicals archive:

17 by a congressionally mandated committee of scientists and veterans has determined that Gulf War illness is a very real disease caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, including pesticides and a drug given to protect servicemembers from nerve gas.

Study finds: Gulf War illness is real

It's been a long time coming for veterans whose health complaints have been met with skepticism, but a federal committee has determined that Gulf War syndrome is not only real, it is tied to two causes: exposure to pyridostigmine bromide and certain pesticides during the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War.

Federal panel recognizes Gulf War syndrome

The extensive body of scientific research now available consistently indicates that Gulf War illness is real, that it is the result of neurotoxic exposures during Gulf War deployment, and that few veterans have recovered or substantially improved with time," said the 450-page report, presented to Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake.

Gulf War syndrome is real: US panel

THE widow of a Gulf War veteran has spoken of her relief after a coroner linked her former soldier husband's death to Gulf War syndrome.

Relief at inquest link to Gulf War

Although veterans of the first Gulf War report significantly more illness symptoms than soldiers who were not deployed, studies have found no cluster of symptoms that could be defined as "Gulf War syndrome," according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

Gulf War veterans at increased ALS risk

The unexplained symptoms that afflict thousands of Gulf War veterans don't constitute a single illness, a federally funded study concludes.

VA Study Doubts Gulf War Syndrome

Byline: By LOUISE MALE UP to 8,000 British veterans claim to suffer from Gulf War Syndrome.

Mystery illnesses of 8,000 Gulf vets

Byline: JASON BEATTIE THE Ministry of Defence is refusing to abide by a court ruling requiring it to compensate victims of Gulf War syndrome, it was reported today.

MoD defies court order over Gulf syndrome payments