TY - JOUR
T1 - Health effects of the 1991 Kuwait oil fires
T2 - A survey of US army troops
AU - Petruccelli, Bruno P.
AU - Goldenbaum, Mary
AU - Scott, Brian
AU - Lachiver, Richard
AU - Kanjarpane, Devesh
AU - Elliott, Elizabeth
AU - Francis, Marcie
AU - McDiarmid, Melissa A.
AU - Deeter, David
PY - 1999/6
Y1 - 1999/6
N2 - The burning of oil wells in Kuwait in 1991 discharged a high volume of potentially toxic pollutants into the air. To determine whether there were health-related complaints associated with having lived and worked there, questionnaires were administered to 1599 soldiers after their return from a 3-month mission in Kuwait. Symptoms occurring before, during, and after the mission were queried. Compared with baseline, symptoms reported more frequently for the Kuwait period were eye and upper respiratory tract irritation, shortness of breath, cough, rashes, and fatigue. Symptoms were associated with reported proximity to oil fires, and their incidence generally decreased after the soldiers left Kuwait. Oil-fire smoke is one of several possible factors that may have contributed to the reporting of symptoms.
AB - The burning of oil wells in Kuwait in 1991 discharged a high volume of potentially toxic pollutants into the air. To determine whether there were health-related complaints associated with having lived and worked there, questionnaires were administered to 1599 soldiers after their return from a 3-month mission in Kuwait. Symptoms occurring before, during, and after the mission were queried. Compared with baseline, symptoms reported more frequently for the Kuwait period were eye and upper respiratory tract irritation, shortness of breath, cough, rashes, and fatigue. Symptoms were associated with reported proximity to oil fires, and their incidence generally decreased after the soldiers left Kuwait. Oil-fire smoke is one of several possible factors that may have contributed to the reporting of symptoms.
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U2 - 10.1097/00043764-199906000-00008
DO - 10.1097/00043764-199906000-00008
M3 - Article
C2 - 10390693
AN - SCOPUS:0033037136
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 41
SP - 433
EP - 439
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 6
ER -