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Main Title Pesticide use during the Gulf War : a survey of Gulf War veterans /
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Fricker, Ronald D.
Publisher Rand,
Year Published 2000
Report Number MR-1018/12-OSD
OCLC Number 45808393
ISBN 0833028952; 9780833028952
Subjects Pesticides ; Persian Gulf syndrome ; Pesticides--adverse effects ; Persian Gulf Syndrome--etiology ; Veterans
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1018.12/MR1018.12.pdf/
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1018.12/
Holdings
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Status
EJEM  RB152.7.P47 2000 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 12/12/2003
ELBM  RB152.7.F75 2000 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 07/09/2012
Collation xxxii, 118 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118). "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense." "National Defense Research Institute."
Contents Notes
Introduction -- Survey and Sample Description -- Survey Results -- Living Conditions and Variations in Pesticide Use -- Potential Misuse or Overuse of Pesticides. This report documents the results of a telephone survey of 2,005 Gulf War veterans investigating the use of pesticides during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Respondents statistically represented the U.S. military population in the Kuwaiti Theater of Operations between August 1990 and July 1991. Survey results characterized pesticide use by U.S. service members, including personal and field use of pesticides, as well as observed pesticide use by others. Information was obtained for living, working, and eating areas for a randomly chosen month of deployment. Results show that the majority of personnel were exposed to some pesticides, and there were differences in use by service; small differences by season and by rank, and larger differences by living arrangements. Possible cases of misuse of some pesticides were identified. However, with the exception of the use of flea collars, these cases could also be attributed to incorrect pesticide identification. The authors found no evidence of widespread misuse of field pesticides.