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thedrifter
03-26-04, 06:34 AM
Gulf War Linked To Miscarriages
United Press International
March 25, 2004,


LONDON - Women whose partners served in the Gulf War during the early 1990s were more likely to suffer miscarriages in the years that followed, U.K. researchers said.

The babies of such women were not more likely to have suffered birth defects, however, according to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine researchers. They also found no evidence to suggest the women had higher stillbirth rates, BBC News Online reported Wednesday.

The researchers questioned British veterans who served in the Gulf between August 1990 and June 1991, as well as armed forces personnel who were not sent to the Gulf.

They found women whose partners served in the Gulf were 40 percent more likely to have suffered a miscarriage before November 1997.

The finding supports a similar study carried out on U.S. Gulf War veterans that was published in 2001. It found women whose partners were Gulf War veterans were 60 percent more likely to have suffered a miscarriage during the years that followed the war.

Women who served in the Gulf themselves did not appear to be at risk, however, the researchers said.


Ellie