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Overall Summary: US Navy Seabees have been among the most symptomatic 1991 Gulf War veterans.
In 1994 and 1999 we examined the relationship between wartime exposures and post-war symptoms in Seabees who had deployed to the Persian Gulf compared to non-deployed Seabees by extensive questionnaires and archived blood samples from the 1991 study.
Neither these studies, nor numerous others, have reportedly found a reliable link between exposures and symptoms. These exposures included pyridostigmine bromide (PB) tablets and personal- or field-use pesticides, including organophosphates (OP).
Results to Date: Not currently available Project: DOD-GW060091
Agency: Department Of Defense Program: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP)
Location: Naval Health Research Center
P.I. Name: Christopher J Phillips
Status: Complete Study
Start Date: July 01, 2007
Estimated Completion Date: July 31, 2008
Specific Aims: Determine if self-reported exposures to pesticides and/or pyridostigmine bromide are modulated by an individual's PON1 status, which may alter the strength of association for those US Navy Seabees who meet the case definition for Gulf War Illness or experienced increased symptom reporting.
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Methodology: Data will be leveraged from the two prior US Navy Seabee studies
(LIKE THEIR LONG-AGO INTERVIEWS WERE ACCURATE)
RresearchTopic: Environmental & Occupational Exposures Completed Research Projects
Title: Analysis of Paraoxonase Status among US Navy Gulf War Veterans with Increased Postwar Symptoms, Psychological Morbidity and Medical Conditions
Synopsis: This study gained a better understanding of the potential effects that pesticides and the use of PB tablets may have had on an individual's post-war health.
