ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The study was commissioned and funded by the Australian Government Department of Veterans’ Affairs. We are grateful for the advice of the Study Scientific Advisory Committee and the Veterans Consultative Committee whose memberships are outlined in Appendices B and C of this report. Staff at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs provided advice in relation to the study design and comments on drafts of this report, they conducted the contact and recruitment of study participants, and provided some extracts for the report in relation to the Korean War and other military operations. The final report was peer reviewed by the Scientific Advisory Committee. The Korean War veterans and those subjects selected for the comparison group are expressly thanked for their participation in the study.