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Pesticide Use During the Gulf War:
A Survey of Gulf War Veterans
Ronald D. Fricker, Jr., Elaine Reardon, Dalia M. Spektor, Sarah K. Cotton, Jennifer Hawes-Dawson, Jennifer E. Pace, Susan D. Hosek
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ISBN: 0-8330-2895-2
MR-1018/12-OSD, © 2000
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Contents
Preface
Figures
Tables
Summary
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
A Note on Trade Names
Chapter One:
Introduction
Background on the Gulf War
Pesticide Use
Related Work
Organization of the Report
Chapter Two:
Survey and Sample Description
The Survey Sample
Description of the Main Survey Instrument
Mode of Data Collection
Interviewer Training
Respondent Cooperation and Response Rates
Respondent and Population Demographics
Chapter Three:
Survey Results
Recall Bias Results
Pests and Pesticides
Personal Pesticide Tabulations
Field-Use Pesticide Tabulations by Form
Chapter Four:
Living Conditions and Variations in Pesticide Use
Living and Working Conditions in the Gulf
Variations in Pesticide Use
Summary
Chapter Five:
Potential Misuse or Overuse of Pesticides
Possible Misuse or Overuse
Multiple Pesticide Use
PB Pills
PB Pills and Pesticides
Conclusions
Appendices
Appendix A: Main Survey Instrument
Appendix B: Definition of the Sampling Frame and Sample
Appendix C: Analytic Methods
Appendix D: Evaluating Recall Bias
References
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Summary:
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. 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. The authors found no evidence of widespread misuse of field pesticides.
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