Gulf Research: Literature Review

The Ministry of Defence has funded, through the MRC, an independent review of world-wide published research relating to Gulf veterans' illnesses.  The review was carried out by a team from the University of Bristol and the University of Wales, led by Professor Glyn Lewis.

The findings of the review are set out in a series of papers.  In 2003, a paper on psychiatric disorder was published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.  In 2006, a paper on multi-symptom conditions was published in Psychological Medicine and a paper on pain was published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.  Three other reports (on reproductive health, hospitalisation and mortality) are available via the links on this page.