FINAL REPORT 18JAN93

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Subject: FINAL REPORT   18JAN93                                          

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              gastrointestinal (loose stools, stomach cramps, nausea or vomiting); and 4)

              other (skin rash and ocular effects). Experiences with irritation from

              blowing dust and sand as well as from oil fire smoke were ascertained in

              separate questions.

                    In order to evaluate outcomes experienced by different occupations, it

              was necessary to group the various military occupational specialties (MOS)

              into larger categories. The six major categories used were Administration

              (e.g., personnel clerk, aviation supply clerk); Field (e.g., rifleman,

              mortarman, field radio operator); Maintenance (e.g., small arms

              repairer/technician, helicopter mechanic); Pilot/Naval Flight Officer; Navy;

              and Food Service. The Navy category was primarily composed of hospital

              corpsmen (HMs) and religious programs assistants (RPs). Comparisons of

              illness and injury experience were made among occupational categories within

              Groups I, II or III.  However, comparisons of illnesses and injuries by

              occupation between groups were avoided, because the more usual roles of

              different specialties are often redefined in combat.

                    Instructions were read to all the participants prior to completion of

              the questionnaire in order to minimize problems with interpretation and

              completion of the survey (Appendix B). Personnel were told that participation

              in the survey was voluntary. A small number of individuals chose not to

              participate.

                    Data from the questionnaires were initially entered into a DBASE III'

              file for initial analysis and were later converted to SAS format, version 6.4,

              for more extensive analysis.

                    For the purposes of -analysis, the "NO" response for a variable was
        defined as a reply of "none" or "mild" for that symptom, to reduce the number


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