Pesticide Use During the Gulf War: A Survey of Gulf War Veterans

Donald D. Fricker, Jr., Elaine Reardon, Dalia M. Spektor, Sarah K. Cotton, Jennifer Hawes-Dawson, Jennifer E. Pace, Susan D. Hosek


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

Appendix
A. MAIN SURVEY INSTRUMENT
B. DEFINITION OF THE SAMPLING FRAME AND SAMPLE
C. ANALYTIC METHODS
D. EVALUATING RECALL BIAS

References


Pesticide Use During the Gulf War: A Survey of Gulf War Veterans, Donald D. Fricker, Jr., Elaine Reardon, Dalia M. Spektor, Sarah K. Cotton, Jennifer Hawes-Dawson, Jennifer E. Pace, Susan D. Hosek, MR-1018/12-OSD, 2000 (118 pp., $15.00, ISBN: 0-8330-2895-2). The research described in this report was performed under the auspices of RAND's National Security Research Division. This document may also be ordered as a printed report.

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